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TIL The Hungarian equivalent of “You can’t have your cake and eat it too” is “It is impossible to ride two horses with one butt”.

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ne7WW TIL that the sum of all numbers on a roulette wheel is 666.
oRxoK TIL At the 1936 Olympic games, competitors from Liechtenstein were shocked to discover their flag was the exact same as Haiti’s. Liechtenstein added a crown to their flag a year later.
epron TIL Mary Tyler Moore insisted on wearing capri pants on The Dick Van Dyke Show. Network execs were uneasy about the fit, fearing the pants were “cupping under” and too revealing of her rear. Despite initial fears, “everyone thought it was great” and the show was a huge hit.
KORJ TIL that the women of Utah gained the right to vote 50 years before the U.S. itself, in 1870. But since Utah women voted in ways favorable to polygamy, the U.S. Congress revoked this right in 1887.
d8Joj TIL there are more national football teams affiliated with FIFA (211) than there are UN member nations (193).