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TIL that the flag of Bermuda has a sinking ship on it.

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rxQe TIL that while filming Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the live rabbit they used for the “monster” scenes was covered in what they assumed was washable red dye. But when they had trouble cleaning it off, they had to stop filming to desperately clean the rabbit before its owner arrived.
b9ZEj TIL that almost half the cars in the year 1900 were electric.
GYWXE TIL Canada has banned members of the Westboro Baptist Church from entering their country due to hate speech.
rE9W TIL There is a “moose test” in Sweden, which requires all cars to be able to evade a moose without flipping, should one suddenly appear on the road.
ANNZd TIL a broken Tamil bell was used as a pot to boil potatoes by Māori for generations in pre-contact New Zealand. It is unknown how the bell got to New Zealand