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TIL the colour of the shirt worn by Sheldon in The Big Bang Theory represents his mood in the scene: Green is courage, yellow is fear, blue is hope and red is anger.

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yVZwe TIL that in January 2019, a sound installation powered by solar batteries was set up in an undisclosed location in the Namib Desert to play Toto’s “Africa” on an indefinite constant loop.
b9RM7 TIL of the Siege of Weinsberg. A surrender allowed the women to leave with whatever they could carry, so the women lifted their husbands onto their shoulders and walked out.
eeXE TIL in Germany, a cross can only be present in the classroom only if all the students agree that it should, and it has to be taken off in case any student objects
9YkmB TIL elevators in Singapore are equipped with urine detecting devices. If urine odour is detected, the elevator would automatically be locked and the police would be called to arrest the perpetrator.
0JQy TIL a sect of judaism, Neturei Karta opposes Zionism and calls for a peaceful dismantling of the State of Israel, in the belief that Jews are forbidden to have their own state until the coming of the Jewish Messiah.