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TIL when canada switched to metric in the 70s, containers had to switch from gallons to liters. Milk producers chose to switch to bags to avoid making cartons/jugs.

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d8nvK TIL that, though sunlight takes only 8 minutes to reach from the Sun to our earth, a photon of light can take up to 100,000 years from the core of the Sun to get to the surface !!!
Y5Kr TIL Queen Marie Antoinette of France, largely viewed as haughty, callous and aloof at the time of her execution, used her last words to genuinely apologize to her executioner for accidentally stepping on his foot.
vPXRD TIL the peak of Mount Etna is the world's only decipoint. A point where ten municipalities' borders converge.
LQkZV TIL about Kriegspiel, a chess variant where each player can see their own pieces, but not those of their opponent. Players attempt to move on their turns, and the umpire declares their attempts 'legal' or 'illegal'. If the move is illegal, the player tries again; if it is legal, that move stands.
j6yDa TIL that Wajda's classic "Ziemia obiecana"/"Promised Land" was supposed to be distributed in USA, but according to Wajda distributors there bought the rights only to keep the film out of cinemas. Scorsese's 2013 Festival described it as "one of the most important critiques of predatory capitalism".