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TIL the current Guinness World Record for the largest Haka is held by France. New Zealand set to win it back.

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awe0Z TIL that two Welsh tourists in Australia, Rhys Owen Jones and Keri Mules, once got so drunk that they went to SeaWorld and swam with dolphins, let off a fire extinguisher in the shark enclosure and stole a penguin called Dirk
1RZd TIL that in 2007, reddit helped name a humpback whale, now known as “Mr. Splashy Pants”
9Y4Q7 TIL about the ghost village Epecuén (Argentina) and it's sole inhabitant, Pablo Novak. The once touristic town became uninhabitable after a flood slowly consumed it in 1985. The waters began to recede in 2009 and Novak (now 90 years old) returned to the home of his youth to live alone with his dogs.
nGgW TIL dogs watch more TV now, thanks to high-def TVs. Old CRT TVs were too blurry for dogs to see, but modern screens allow dogs to see the images as clearly as humans
yVZmv TIL that a Korean cult predicted the rapture to occur on 12AM, October 28, 1992. Parishioners awaited transportation to heaven; some had quit their jobs or given away possessions. Mass suicides were feared. 10 minutes after 12AM, a boy shouted from inside: “Nothing is happening.”