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TIL all aircraft in the Israeli airline El-Al are equipped with flares to protect against missiles.

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M7oG0 TIL In Barahona, Dominican Republic, there’s a “Magnetic Pole” phenomenom that a car put in neutral will be seen rolling UP a hill instead of down. This happens due to a gravity hill optical illusion.
KO4N6 TIL people with epilepsy were forbidden to marry in 17 states, until 1956. The last state to repeal these laws happened in 1980.
4X0O5 TIL that up until 2013, a woman living in Paris, France could, in theory, be arrested for wearing pants (trousers) without authorization! This was the result of a forgotten local ordinance from 1800, which was abrogated on the spot for violation of gender equality.
R55bw TIL Jim Carrey went through Navy Seal torture training in order to play the grinch.
LMnr TIL There was a large swastika made of larch trees in Germany that went unnoticed for 55 years