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TIL that Roman-era socks were literally worn with sandals over 2,000 years ago

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d87b7 TIL Article V of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty requires nuclear powers to sell nuclear bombs to non-nuclear powers if they are determined to be for peaceful explosive purposes by an international body.
6K7W TIL that instead of ice cream trucks, Japan has baked potato trucks.
kOXk5 TIL Taj Mahal turns pink at the dawn, white in noon and yellow in the dusk.
xVmo5 TIL in 1958 Cuba became the second country in the world to have color TV broadcasts. However, the Cuban Revolution made them end in 1959 after broadcasting stations were seized, and Cuban television then remained solely black and white until 1975.
YvRr TIL that the BigMac with the least amount of sodium is served in Malaysia while that with the most is served in Japan, which also has the most calories.