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TIL there is only one time zone for all of India. India does not observe any form of daylight saving time or any other seasonal adjustments to the time.

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8BLP TIL that there was almost an animated show about a teenage Bruce Wayne going to high school with (virtually) all of the teenage Batman villains called “Gotham High”.
j6erp TIL in 2005 pro golfer John Daly sued a Florida newspaper for saying he failed “the scoundrel sniff test”. The case was thrown out because Daly couldn’t disprove any of the statements made in the article.
Oodb1 TIL a man who doesn't exist had a baby. The DNA in the "fathers" sperm, which was 90% his DNA and 10% that of his twin’s, was from his unborn fraternal twin which the "father" had absorbed as an embryo.
xRb0 TIL people who think older cars are safer because ‘they’re heavier, not made of plastic,’ etc… are dead wrong.
4lra TIL until 1992 it was not required for electrical appliances in Britain to be sold with plugs at the end. Often the consumer had to attach it themselves.