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TIL 'CQD' was the international distress symbol before 'SOS'
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TIL there is a vinyl player that uses laser beams to read the sound, thus no deterioration to the record.
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TIL that a US federal law, still in existence, permits any US citizen to take possession of any unclaimed island, anywhere in the world — as long as the island has deposits of bird poop on it.
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TIL: Since 1963, the Japanese receive a commemorative silver sake cup on becoming a 100 years old. Due to increasing numbers of citizens reaching a 100, the cup size was shrunk and the solid silver was replaced with a silver-plated nickel alloy saving the Japanese government $1 million annually.
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TIL: Of the existence of "Road Trains" mostly used in Australia - they're massive semi-trucks that usually pull up to 4 trailers at once but the world record is a "train" of 112 trailers (1.5km) long.
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TIL comedian Greg Davies' parents lived in England around the time he was born, but when his mother went into labor, his Welsh father drove them all across the border, just so his son would be Welsh-born, and thus eligible to play rugby for the Welsh national team