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TIL that Scotland's national animal is the unicorn

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9wd6X TIL about bamboo torture, a method of torture where the victim is tied spread eagle above the ground, and a bamboo shoot is planted beneath them. The bamboo shoot grows very quickly and eventually will penetrate through the body of the victim.
X1Lj TIL that University of Montreal researchers were unable to study the differences between men who watch porn with those who don’t since they couldn’t find a single man who doesn’t
ZLlD TIL the Paris airport still runs on Windows 3.1
wEP8 TIL In 2001 that Wilson, the Volleyball from “Cast Away”, won a BFCA Critic’s Choice Award for Best Inanimate Object.
ADJkl TIL about Cargo Cults, Melanesian groups that attempted to recreate the magic that was "cargo drops". When the U.S military occupied Pacific islands during WW2, the islanders witnessed the soldiers receive goods from the sky, and thought it was the result of magic rituals performed by the soldiers.