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TIL Indonesia tried to leave the UN in 1965 due to Malaysia joining the security council, and tried to form their own rival organization. They fully rejoined the UN in 1966.

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l7BEG TIL that using yellow and red cards in football to signal a penalty for a player is a fairly recent invention considering the sports age. The first time this system was implemented was at the FIFA World Cup in 1970 in Mexico. In Germany, 2 yellow = 1 red card, was also only implemented only in 1991!
6Bgm TIL: Muslims don’t believe Jesus was crucified, they think God replaced him with some poor bugger who looked like him.
NRN6 TIL that the show ‘Deadliest Catch’ is bad for competition in the Bering Sea Fishing industry. The subsidies all the boats in the show receive allows them to undercut or break even with their seasonal catch.
JXbl TIL Rich neighbors refused to let George Lucas build a studio, so he’s building affordable housing instead. “We’ve got enough millionaires here.”
QJklp TIL in Jewish mythology, everyone has an angel teaches them all the wisdom in the world in utero. The angel lightly taps an infant's upper lip before birth, to silence the infant from spilling the secrets. Some say that's how we have the philtrum (the indent between the nose and mouth).