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TIL North Korea adopted color television broadcasts (1974) 6 years before South Korea (1980) despite the latter already producing color TV sets for export.

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pYGab TIL that the global tree canopy increased by 2.24 million square kilometers (865,000 square miles) between 1982 and 2016
Z5AD TIL it’s illegal in Germany to drive your car without destination
d8Q9j TIL that there is a country called Molossia that is inside Nevada, which consists of 30 humans and 4 dogs, with a currency that is made out of casino chips, and is at war with eastern Germany.
P1Z6V TIL of Dr Joe Holland, who in 1917 guided the Postmaster in the Outback town of Halls Creek to perform surgery (repair a ruptured bladder) on an injured man via Morse code. Dr Holland then raced 2800km from Perth to reach Halls Creek via ship, model T Ford and the final 40km on horseback at night.
W78N TIL- during WW1, around the Christmas of 1914, groups of soldiers held unofficial ceasefires. Opposing soldiers exchanged food and souvenirs. Some sang carols and played football together, and remained friends after the war. This is now referred to as the “Christmas Truce” +1 for humanity