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TIL The international parking sign was first designed for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam

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OoKM6 TIL a producer on Family Ties felt Michael J. Fox was too short for the role and tried to have him replaced saying “this isn’t the face you'll see on a lunch-box." Fox later gave him a custom-made lunch-box with the inscription "this is for you to put your crow in. Love and Kisses, Michael J. Fox.”
yVkdl TIL that a penguin has achieved the rank of brigadier general in the Norwegian army.
vPZV8 TIL In the past, Chinese orphanages were full of healthy girls due to the strict one-child policy and the common preference for boys. Now, Chinese authorities estimate that 98 percent of abandoned children have disabilities, both mild to severe
neKer TIL that cashews are in the same family as posion ivy and sumac, and their shells will give you a similar rash
r0mM TIL: The name ‘orchid’ is derived from the greek word for 'testicle’