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TIL WWOOF is a international program that allows you to travel the world, with food/accommodations covered, in exchange for volunteer work.

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X0DPR TIL that Samsung made a robot butt to test their phones durability.
VMRp TIL That the recent Japanese Earthquake shortened the day by 1.8 microseconds and shifted the Earth’s axis by 6.5 inches.
kJOR1 TIL of Byron Looper, a Tennessee politician known for both changing his middle name to "(Low Tax)" as a vote-winning stunt and, during a Tennessee state senate race, assassinating his opponent. In the election, held a month later, he still received 1,531 votes.
aw15L TIL that Pakistan, a profiled Islamic nation, democratically elected a female Prime Minister in 1988 and 1993, Benazir Bhutto, thus becoming the first muslim majority nation lead by a woman.
M76m7 TIL that the actress who spoke the line "not bloody likely" in the original production of Pygmalion was risking her career.