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TIL that most pencils are yellow because in the 1880s one manufacturer chose that color to indicate they were luxury pencils

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4karN TIL Napoléon shipped more than 800,000 pints of wine during his Egyptian Campaign.
165PP TIL if a member of the French Foreign Legion is wounded in battle, they can immediately apply for French citizenship under a provision known as, "Français par le sang versé" ("French by spilled blood").
d6RQ TIL Ecuador are going to sell a third of its Amazon rainforest to Chinese oil companies.
1m5W TIL Arizona doesn’t observe Daylight Savings time, except a large reservation in Arizona does, except another smaller reservation inside it doesn’t
gM9M9 TIL that the anechoic chambers are the quietest places on Earth and have background noises measured in negative decibels. After a few minutes in chambers, you can hear your heartbeat and blood circulating in your ears and could experience troubles with orienting or even standing.