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TIL The Filipino flag is flown with the red stripe up in times of war and blue stripe up in times of peace.

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g4VX TIL Sri Lanka and India were connected by a faint 50 kilometer long sandbar that existed until 1480 when a storm broke it. People used to walk the wispy sandbar from the mainland to the large island in the Indian Ocean, losing sight of the land masses. Scientists still argue as to how it was formed.
m1MdE TIL the U.S. Virgin Islands are the only place under United States jurisdiction that drives on the left. However, virtually all passenger vehicles are left hand drive due to imports of U.S. vehicles.
J1RmV TIL that sloths can hold their breaths longer than dolphins under water by slowing their heart and their claws are more of their finger bone tips instead of traditional nails.
Amya TIL the leather made in Bugatti Veyrons are sourced from separately raised cows in the mountains of Austria, because the cows are in an environment free of barbed wire and mosquitoes, allowing for almost flawless hide
wLJ7J TIL a Spoonerism is when parts of two words are switched in a phrase, such as "The Lord is a shoving leopard", instead of "a loving shepherd."