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TIL about "Embassy", an Australian drama series set in the embassy of a fictional South-East Asian country which the Malaysian government considered to be so offensive that it was cited as one of the reasons for a temporary freezing of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

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5Ydj8 TIL many turtles and tortoises are kept in refrigerators to artificially hibernate over the winter.
E1mOw TIL Humans are bioluminescent. Our visible light is 1000 times weaker than what our naked eye can detect. However, images of this glow have been captured by Masaki Kobayashi of Tohoku Institute of Technology, using a specialized sensitive camera.
9wVvQ TIL Mimolette is a cheese who got invented during the France-Holland war after France banned Dutch cheese imports. Its nutty flavor comes from mite-made holes in its rind. US customs detained in 2013 imports, citing FDA concerns about it being filthy, putrid, or unfit for human consumption.
YbBA TIL in 1968, an astronomy student, a dental student and a bass player formed a band called ‘Smile.’ By 1970 the Smile faded, and in 1971 they renamed the band to Queen.
4DYa TIL that people accused of witchcraft who underwent trial by water actually had ropes to pull them out if they sank. The notion that the ordeal was devised as a situation without any possibility of live acquittal, even if the outcome was ‘innocent’, is a modern exaggeration.