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TIL most world languages don’t distinguish between blue and green

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JYdoQ TIL Director Akira Kurosawa was so impressed with The Magnificent Seven, the American adaptation of his own film, Seven Samurai, that he presented director John Sturges with a sword
rR51x TIL In December 1969, a Korean Air Lines plane was hijacked by a North Korean agent soon after taking off from Gangneung.The pilot was forced to fly to and land in North Korea. The crew, aircraft, and seven of the passengers have yet to be returned.
BrZGx TIL That since 1951 in Israel it is required by the law that every new building will have a security room that can withstand blast and shrapnel from conventional weapons, and offer protection against chemical and biological weapons.
9Y9lG TIL Audi cars made for the Indian market have more louder and robustly-built horns than Audi's European cars as Indian drivers tend to honk every 3 seconds
0wQNp TIL the fruit fly species drosophila bifurca’s sperm is 5.8cm long, over twenty times its body length