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TIL Morgan Freeman is the voice of Birmingham Airport

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JGO1 TIL that Tonga, a nation consisting of over 1200 islands in the Pacific, has never been conquered or colonized ever and is ruled by a King that traces his ancestry back 1000 years.
YpQPB TIL The "Kidney bean effect" or a flying shadow blocking parts of views while looking through binoculars is majorly related to improper eye relief. This happens when the eyes are not aligned perfectly with the eyepiece optical axis
4kbmN TIL that a woman wore a Star Trek uniform while serving on a jury. Barbara Adams wore the uniform (including phaser, tricorder, and commbadge) every day of the court case. She was sent home ... for talking to the press, not because of her clothing.
DZoY TIL that caribou is simply the North American name for reindeer.
MZk7 TIL Kindergarten (literally “children’s garden”) while both a German word and a German invention widely adopted around the world is, ironically, not usually part of the German state-supported school system.