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TIL Wall Street’s iconic 7,100lb bronze Charging Bull sculpture is actually an illegal piece of street art

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ADE6d TIL There was a military variant of the VW Beetle called the "Kübelwagen". Despite only being two wheel drive, it outperformed nearly every other vehicle during testing. Due to its flat belly, it would propel itself like a sled if the wheels sank into snow, mud, or sand.
rRBV4 TIL: Saudi Arabia carries out crucifixions.
RKvj TIL of Blue Peacock, a 10 kiloton nuclear landmine designed to be installed in the north german plane. The area was too cold for the mine’s electronics to reliably function, so it was proposed to be heated by chickens.
WkXp4 TIL that importing horses was banned in Iceland in 982 by the Vikings. The ban has never been lifted.
W7JQY TIL the CG director of Silent Hill, Takayoshi Sako, created all the game's cutscenes by himself. He used the office's 150 computers to render the scenes after all the other employees left for the night. He also slept under his desk and lived at the office for the 3 years it took him to finish.