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TIL that the entire surface of the earth can be divided into 3-meter squares and that each square can be identified by a unique combination of three English words.

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778r TIL China & Nepal disagreed over the height of Mount Everest. Nepal wanted to include the height of the snow on the summit, and China only wanted to state the height of the rock. They argued for 5 years. It was a 4m difference.
78MQx TIL Norway has a special licence plate just for rally cars.
Bgy7K Today I learned that Hans Christian Andersen based his story "The Emperor's New Clothes" on a folk tale about a king who is tricked by swindlers who claim to have made clothes that can't be seen by any man who isn't the son of the king's presumed father.
yQwJv TIL the trailer for the longest movie ever made is 72 minutes long.
e0vbb TIL that the magnetosphere of Jupiter, extends up to seven million kilometers in the Sun's direction and almost to the orbit of Saturn in the opposite direction. If it was visible from Earth, in the night sky, it would be roughly 4 to 5 times bigger than our moon