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TIL Rolex designs the Greenroom at the Oscars

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Y7kPP TIL that the Tysfjorden splits Norway's road network into two. There is no way to go between the northern and the southern parts of the mainland without using a ferry or going through Sweden.
QJKgM TIL that Finland's reindeer herders wanted to reduce the 4,000 annual reindeer road deaths. They painted antlers in fluorescent colors, hung reflectors around necks, and used movable traffic signs. This failed, so they tried a mobile app for drivers to register sightings and get reindeer warnings.
4Xjd6 TIL Winston Churchill got Iran to change its name to Persia, to avoid confusion with Iraq during WW2
E1GeW TIL the Univeristy of Oxford is older than the Aztec Empire (Oxford: 1249 AD. Aztecs: 1325 AD)
GAXgN TIL: King Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines