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TIL: Only 5 countries in the world have never been under any sort of European control.

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9Y1nB TIL that French fashion designers Chanel sent two design team members to the remote Fair Isles in Scotland for research purposes. Having purchased two sweaters from Scottish knitwear designer Mati Ventrillon, Chanel proceeded to plagiarise the design for a fashion show in Italy.
rNBrx TIL scientists made snails remember something that never happened to them
mxGbE TIL In 1831, a train suffered a boiler explosion when a fireman grew tired of listening to it whistle, and tried to stop the noise by placing a piece of lumber on the safety valve and sitting on it. The blocked valve caused the pressure within the boiler to exceed its capacity, and it exploded.
JYMmQ TIL a "nail house" is a home whose resident refuses to leave in order to make way for new construction. In China this has lead to some almost sculpture-like creations.
xjJB TIL that due to a mishap by the distributor, George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead had no copyright protection and instantly fell into the public domain