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TIL: Plants have to have ‘plant passports’ stamped on the side of their pots to travel overseas

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JYg7l TIL during WWII, if a US submarine sank all the targets it engaged, it was considered a "clean sweep" and a broom was attached to the periscope to celebrate their accomplishment
M5Za TIL in 2012 the Australian Broadcasting Corporation decided that an episode of the animated children’s series Peppa Pig was inappropriate for an Australian audience because it said that spiders were not to be feared.
OGe0e TIL that saying to treat something with "Kid Gloves" does not refer to children's gloves, but rather to gloves made from the hide of a young goat, known as a Kid
W7wOd TIL there is a patron saint for hangovers, and her name is Bibina
N15b TIL of Edith Head, who won 8 oscars for best costume design and was the inspiration for Edna Mode in The Incredibles