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TIL a woman accidentally broke a Jeff koon dog balloon statue at an art exhibit that was worth $42k; there are 798 statues remaining.

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b6y4E TIL that Australia actually exports sand to Saudi Arabia. This is because maritime or beach sand is coarser than desert sand. Coarse sand j's needed in construction which effectively makes desert sand completely useless.
E1JM0 TIL that the Vatican is accused by Serbs, Jews and Roma of laundering millions of dollars of stolen gold and jewelry, plundered from concentration camp prisoners in Croatia, immediately after WW2. It is also alleged that they helped several notorious Nazi leaders hide and escape
gr0BW TIL about the uniquly designed magic roundabout in Swindon, UK which has consistently ranked in the top four worst roundabouts in various survies and studies. It has an outer main circle that carries traffic clockwise and five mini-roundabouts connected to it that carry traffic anti-clockwise.
KEA9 TIL that the official motto for the California Conservation Corps is “Hard work, low pay, miserable conditions…and more!”
9wM5M TIL Queen Elizabeth II and her husband were third cousins, both descended from Queen Victoria