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TIL the Belgian passport has pictures of Tintin, The Smurfs and Lucky Luke.

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rNo70 TIL Scribes at the chancellery of Florence were allowed to use their superior's signature when drafting office mail. Niccolo Machiavelli's signature appears on chancellery mail even after 1512, the year he was fired and replaced, believed to be "a subtle act of defiance" towards their new boss
jNRmv TIL the city of Nottingham, UK, named a tram after a locally born actress, Vicky McClure. On her maiden trip on the tram, she was ejected for fare evasion. Having been offered a free ride, she did not have a ticket.
KO4dJ TIL Audi did not widely adopt airbags until 1994, but rather used a system called Procon-ten. In a collision the system would pull the steering column away from the driver using a series of cables.
NEaJ TIL there’s a real, working turret that fires 1,000,000 rounds per minute (or 16,666 bullets per second; a bullet every 0,002 seconds)
jNeYj TIL Although most Americans speak English, the United States has no official language.