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TIL in Surfers Paradise, Australia, there is an association of bikini-clad meter maids who will top off your parking meter to prevent you from getting a parking ticket!

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e0lkb TIL famous mathematician Paul Erdos was once challenged to quit taking amphetamines for one month by a concerned friend. He succeeded, but complained “You’ve showed me I’m not an addict, but I didn’t get any work done…you’ve set mathematics back a month”.
8eX6P TIL that during WWII it was discovered that several medications originally used to treat malaria are also effective in treating lupus. In fact, studies have shown that lupus patients on anti-malarials live longer than those who are not.
XEZBr TIL that Joseph Medicine Crow earned the title ‘War Chief’ by completing four tasks as a warrior during WWII: leading a successful war party on a raid, capturing an enemy’s weapon, touching an enemy without killing him, and stealing an enemy’s horse.
XEbGk TIL In 1976 Monty Python became the top rated show in Japan. The literal translation of the Japanese title was The Gay Dragon Boys Show.
4RkX TIL astronomers used a large sample of galaxies to average out the color of the universe. The result: Beige.