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TIL Australia has giant freshwater lobsters that have been reported grow to over 12lb's

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neoRB TIL, that few days after Chernobyl disaster, all children in Poland were given Lugol's iodine. This was one of the few cases, when Polish communist government, despite official denials of the Soviet side and against their recommendations, took action in the best interest of their own citizens.
VMbm TIL that the Olympics asked for drummer Keith Moon, who died in 1978, to perform at this year’s closing ceremony.
jAbM TIL Chris Rock snuck a 15 yo make a wish kid a copy of Pamela Anderson’s sex tape [@12:33]
jNrXE TIL of Wichard von Alvensleben, a German Wehrmacht Officer who, in 1945, commanded his soldiers to protect 140 Allied POWs from being executed by the SS. The POWs were then set free.
NX57E TIL Co-Op city, a housing area collectively owned by its tenants, objected to the construction of a tall, bright LED sign facing the city. This was strongly opposed by the residents. Two years later, a windmill was erected near the sign, a month later it collapsed, and took the sign down with it.