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TIL in Vatican City, drug possession and dealing is not illegal

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oBjKE TIL al-Qaida considered kidnapping Russel Crowe as part of a "cultural destabilisation plan" taking out high-profile Americans. Crowe is a Kiwi who grew up in Australia.
bADQ TIL in 1998 Sony released a videocam that could see through clothes while in an infrared recording mode; 600,000 units were recalled.
D1k0j TIL of the time Richard Branson flew a fake UFO over London with a fake alien.
oN8o TIL Opossums are the only non-primate with opposable thumbs, and they’re the only North American marsupial (meaning they have a pouch, like kangaroos)
r1ko TIL that Carl Sagan wrote an article, under a pseudonym, that professed the wonders of marijuana. He was revealed as the author after his death.