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TIL the Quran says do not blow yourselves up.

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dDLrr TIL in the beginning of 20th century, the Anglo-Japanese Alliance was ended bc the British Empire refused to accept Japanese proposal of Racial Equality Clause. Turning the later World War 2 moral positions on its head.
jNOPR TIL that in 2001, there's a concept car known as the Toyota Pod that is capable to express its own feelings with colored LEDs, and features an antenna that wags like a dog's tail.
E54o TIL Sierra Nevada Brewing won the 2010 U.S. EPA “Green Business of the Year” award. The brewery is run by solar energy, processes used cooking oil for biodiesel in delivery trucks, is the largest buyer of organic hops in the U.S., and over 99% of the plant’s solid waste is diverted from landfill.
awMDb TIL that in the whole history of submarine warfare, there was only ever one underwater submarine battle. That battle was also the only time a submerged submarine sunk another submerged submarine.
v1Egx TIL that in 2018, Ukraine spent 5-7% of its annual government budget on recovery and cleanup efforts related to the Chernobyl disaster.