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TIL that it is an offence to say that the golden color of the German flag as “yellow”.

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B9lb TIL that two researchers, funded by the British government, developed a mathematical formula for the “perfect human voice.” The male voices that matched most closely were Alan Rickman and Jeremy Irons; the closest matching female voices were Judi Dench, Mariella Frostrup, and Honor Blackman.
78WpL TIL octopuses don’t have tentacles, they have arms. Tentacles only have suction cups on the end, while octopus arms have them along the entire length.
b9xM0 TIL that in 2003, the mayor of Chicago illegally bulldozed the runway of a downtown airport in the middle of the night to create a park. This stranded 16 planes on the ground and required an inbound flight to be diverted. The FAA fined the city $33k - the maximum allowed at the time.
8e7eX TIL dakimakura, body length pillows in Japan, can now talk to you
yVPjV TIL that on 1 March 1978, Charlie Chaplin's coffin was dug up and stolen from its grave [..] for ransom in an attempt to extort money from his widow, Oona Chaplin