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TIL Croissants are not French, they are Austrian

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gBGL TIL African buffalo herds display “voting behavior” to indicate their travel preferences by standing up, staring in one direction and then lying back down. Only adult females vote.
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dLwr TIL that during WWII, the British secret services created a special edition of Monopoly for prisoners of war held by the Nazis. The games were distributed by fake charity groups created by the secret services and contained maps, compasses, real money, and other objects useful for escaping.
YpXDW TIL George Lucas told the actor who played Jar Jar Binks that in 20 years people will “see this character in a new way.”
8MMG TIL there is a inflatable space habitat in earth orbit since 2006 to prove that it works