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TIL In 2006, a man in Scotland was jailed for two days for “revving his car in a racist manner”.

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OA77 TIL during the alcohol prohibition some moonshiners used to wear ‘cow shoes’ which left cow hoof prints rather than human footprints so they couldn’t be tracked.
Y5yW TIL Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, was voted into power through democratic ballots, the only problem being that the ballot cards had only one option to ‘choose’ from – Kim Jong-un
dDvwZ TIL Japan has only eaten raw salmon since the 90s due to pacific salmon being prone to parasites, it took Norway having an excess of the Atlantic variety for raw salmon to become popular there and considered safe for consumption.
wLbp7 TIL North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong Il generally avoided foreign travel but he made three trips to China in just over a year in his final years. South Korean President Lee Myung cheered Kim's visits to China as a positive force for change
bjxa TIL at full sprint a cheetah spends more time flying than in contact with the ground