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TIL that the Lotus Bridge between left-lane-driving Macau and right-lane-driving China allows for traffic to seamlessly switch the side of the road that they are driving on at the border.

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xn55 TIL of the Shadow Biosphere. A hypothesis proposing the existence of lifeforms undetected by standard methods. One such being the continuation of the RNA World
9xJ7 TIL Apple lost its rights to use the iPhone trademark in Brazil because a local company, Gradiente Eletronicas, had registered it back in 2000.
PYV1V TIL two weeks after South Carolina seceded from the Union New York City's Mayor proposed secession as well in order to continue its extraordinarily lucrative cotton trade with the seceded South.
Vbp TIL that the frequency of a cat’s purr can improve bone density and promote healing.
v1Ky7 TIL that in 2014, a Spanish 20-year-old university student forged police and secret service documents, infiltrated the king’s coronation ceremony, shook his hand, and then impersonated a government adviser to broker a lucrative business deal.