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TIL that Bhutan issued a stamp in 1973 that played the national anthem of Bhutan when placed on a record player

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p896Q TIL that “witch windows” are almost exclusively found in Vermont due to the superstition that witches can’t fly their brooms through slanted windows.
Wkle4 TIL the universe was once exactly room temperature (between 10 to 17 million years after the Big Bang).
jN5ej TIL of Big Hill-a section of railway on the Canadian Pacific line that proved so difficult to climb, spiral-shaped tunnels had to be bored to reduce the slope to a safe grade.
V7Vp TIL Richard Nixon sabotaged Vietnam peace talks in order to give himself a better chance at winning the 1968 Presidential election, prolonging the war by 5 years.
ANRwo TIL: A declassified CIA project 'OXYGAS' had trained dolphins to place explosives on enemy ships