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

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yV9yJ TIL that the strongest geomagnetic storm on record occurred in 1859 and caused auroras to be visible as far south as El Salvador, Jamaica, and Hawaii
m1x9o TIL that the scoring system to determine whether limbs should be surgically reattached or fully amputated after an extremity injury is called MESS (Mangled Extremity Severity Score). Basically, the MESSier the injury, the more likely the scoring system is to recommend an amputation.
pmdN TIL that in late 2007, a street in Central London had to be shut down due to reports of a chemical weapons attack. It was actually a Thai restaurant cooking up hot sauce.
Z8nKa TIL after the Chinese Civil War, several units of the Nationalist army fled to Burma. When recalled to Taiwan, some refuse and marched into Thailand, where they grew opium while fighting Communists for the government. Their village is now "one of Thailand's top ten destinations among backpackers."
dDwjj TiL After the Monkees broke up, Peter Tork briefly worked as a high school teacher in the mid-70's. He taught music, social studies, math, French and history, and coached baseball at several schools.