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TIL that days are associated with certain colors in Thailand

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grgNb TIL that in 1996 a group in England broke into an air base and used hammers to significantly damage warplanes, which were due to be sold to Indonesia. A jury found the group innocent because they felt the planes were likely to be used in the Indonesian military's genocide in East Timor
b9Pop TIL most Samsung phones from the past 5 generations have sensors built-in to read your pulse and oxygen levels
groVD TILL: USA has the longest train track in the world. With a total route length over 155,342 miles (250,000km).
OkRa TIL that the harp on Guinness bottles is modeled after Brian Boru’s harp - the oldest surviving example of a Gaelic harp.
woK77 TIL that Asphalt is a byproduct of processing crude oil for petroleum.