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TIL The "Vulcan Salute" on Star Trek came from a Jewish Blessing that Nimoy recalled from childhood

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VBNrk TIL The Brussels-Capital Region introduced the generalised 30 km/h (19mph) speed limit in 2021. Five years on, the measure continues to have a positive effect on both speed, and the number and severity of accidents.
bvxa TIL that the longest movie ever, called The Cure for Insomnia was 87 hours of “artist L. D. Groban reading his 4,080-page poem "A Cure for Insomnia” over the course of three and a half days, spliced with occasional clips from heavy metal and pornographic videos.“
x61DD TIL that there is a 2 euro coin dedicated to Asterix
rNGdy TIL in 1907, passengers arriving at Ellis Island had to pass a medical exam to enter the US. Doctors used a secret code to mark passenger's clothes with chalk: 'H' indicated heart trouble suspected; 'L' suspected lameness, and 'X' suspected feeble-mindedness.
lobJa TIL the claim that Space Invaders caused a national 100-yen coin shortage in Japan in the late 70s is a myth. It was largely due to low production of the coin as metal composition changed - copper-nickel instead of silver - made people hoard the silver coins.