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TIL that DHL's colour scheme of red and yellow is largely due to sponsoring the yellow-liveried Jordan Formula One Team from 2002. Before then, they had used red and white.

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Knma TIL North Korea once shot down an American spy plane—killing 31 soldiers—and the USA didn’t retaliate
LwJQ TIL that in 1958 a man survived a mega-tsunami that had a run up height of 525m (1722 ft) because his fishing boat went right over it. He said he was looking down over the surrounding trees. This is the biggest tsunami on historic record by a looong way.
l7Jb1 TIL there is a call to make Nikola Tesla a Saint in the Serbian Orthodox Church
b5Vp TIL millennials aren’t buying diamonds anymore - millennials would rather spend money on experiences than diamonds
b91aQ TIL of Ryan Arnold, a man who saved his older brother’s life by donating him two thirds of his liver. Unfortunately, he died a few days after surgery while his brother got better.