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TIL coloring books for grown-ups are a huge trend and publishers struggle to keep up with demand. The books have successfully been used to reduce stress, relieve anxiety and as rehabilitation aids for patients recovering from strokes.

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GGnG TIL in 1932 Australia waged a war against Emus, known as the Great Emu War, but found that machine guns were ineffective at killing the birds.
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