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TIL that in some cultures, the 'checkmark' is used to denote wrong, or incorrect items, including Finland, Sweden and Japan.

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d8dJ8 TIL that Paul Cambon, the French ambassador in London from 1898-1920, didn't learn a word of English during his 22 year posting, and insisted during meetings that every utterance be translated into French, including easily recognized words such as ‘yes’.
16A0D TIL: In the over 60 year history of human space flight, only 3 astronauts have actually died in space, it happened in 1971 when their Soyuz 11 capsule depressurized above the Karman line, which is considered as the boundary between the earth's atmosphere and outer space
VB0rQ TIL that an American POW in World War 2 was questioned about US atomic bombs after the bombing of Hiroshima. He told them he didn't know anything about that, but when they threatened to kill them, he "revealed" they had hundreds and that Tokyo and Kyoto were next.
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941r TIL that according to the ‘Copyright Act 1911’ The British Library must receive a copy of every item published or distributed in the United Kingdom (including pamphlets, magazines, newspapers, sheet music and maps) in a practice know as 'legal deposit’, which can be traced back to at least 1610.