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TIL in South Africa it’s acceptable to defend against car jackings with deadly force. Which has resulted in some horrific inventions, like this under-car mounted flame thrower.

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loYYa TIL of Terry Marsh, who legally changed his name to "None Of The Above X" and ran for parliament. He is also a professional chessboxer.
R8g9 TIL that if we took all the bubble wrap on Earth to Mars and popped it, there would be enough air released into the atmosphere to allow a city of 1 million people to live for 37 seconds.
og7r TIL Lyudmila Pavlyuchenko is regarded as the most successful female sniper in history, credited with 309 kills during WWII
woyP6 TIL of the mummy of Takabuti, a young ancient Egyptian woman who died from an axe blow to her back. A study of the proteins in her leg muscles allowed researchers to hypothesise that she had been running for some time before she was killed.
9wMMX TIL Kiwifruit originated from China in 1904. It is not native to New Zealand.