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TIL Stars suddenly vanish and astronomers don't know why

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4k9JJ TIL that Postal codes in Slovakia and Czechia are inherited from Czechoslovakia and do not overlap. Czech part had areas starting from 1 to 7 and Slovak part had 8,9 and 0. Old system was good enough and there was no reason for authorities to change it after the countries separated in 1993.
j688R TIL After being discontinued in the late 90s, Oreo Minis were re-released in 2000 along with the redesigned 2001 Dodge Caravan as part of a promotional tie-in with DaimlerChrysler
4kbB5 TIL a group led by a real estate agent and a luxury car dealer managed to break into an airport and stole €38,000,000 worth of diamonds being loaded onto a plane, without firing a single shot and without plane passengers knowing what happened.
EgmZw TIL of the Underground Great Wall of China, a 5,000 kilometre long system of tunnels and roads used by China to transport ICBM's to their individual silos. Chinese sources reference the facilities to be a kilometre deep and reinforced against potential attack.
8aLK TIL that Japanese people can digest seaweed while for the rest of us it passes right through. (They have an unique symbiosis with a bacteria)