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TIL there was an Irish business called the “Swastika Laundry” founded in 1912 that kept its name and logo until 1987

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8aVnL TIL light doesn't always travel at the speed of light and has been recorded as slow as 38 m.p.h. (17 meters per second)
7r4yX TIL Beaufort's Dyke is a deep sea trench off the coast of Northern Ireland that the British have used to dump thousands of tonnes of munitions and nuclear waste. There are explosions happening down there that register on seismographs.
x0G7 TIL the Window of the World theme park in China has a cremation simulator. Visitors climb into coffins & are carried on a conveyor belt with heat & light projections simulating the effects of a real funeral-home incinerator. It hopes to enlighten people on death & help them make better life choices.
kJaPW TIL that, contrary to the belief in “German efficiency”, the construction of a much-needed new airport in the country’s capital took 15 years to plan and 14 years to build due to poor planning, massive corruption, and egregious corporate and civil mismanagement
yQeev TIL that Canada, which is 1.4% Sikh, has more Sikhs than any country other than India (1.9% Sikh)