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TIL that over 50k Australians signed a petition to change the name of their currency to "Dollarydoos"

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kOxe4 TIL that in a 2005 questionnaire about substance abuse, 18.2% (163/894) admitted to taking derbisol – a drug that does not exist
78M1O TIL: The Mystery of the Voynich Manuscript
6OKY TIL that when the mayor of Fucking, Austria was asked if he would change the town’s name, he replied “everyone here knows what it means in English, but for us Fucking is Fucking—and it’s going to stay Fucking.”
bdej TIL the Hobbiton movie set used for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit was originally built to last temporarily for filming, but the landowner saw money in offering guided tours of the Shire to the public and so requested that the structures were made permanent. It’s now a busy tourist attraction.
9YbOQ TIL US you do not actually have the right to a trial by jury unless the sentence is greater than 6 months