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TIL that Diminish and Ascend, a sculpture in Christchurch Botanic Gardens that looks like an endless staircase, has impaled two seagulls and requires NZ$700 of maintenance monthly to remove bird droppings

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oBW4L TIL a man once posted himself from London to Australia in a wooden box to avoid the expensive airfare. Broke former Olympic athlete Reg Spiers built the box to travel cheaply as air freight and spent 63 hours in transit. He arrived safely in Perth.
WkrdA TIL Oregon is the fastest speaking state in the US
KOlZJ TIL that a researcher in South Africa, J.J. Steyn convinced people to use spider colonies to control flies and it worked much better than chemical pesticides.
xVldg TIL FM 107.1 Jackson, MS plays the same song on loop 24/7, no commercials for months. Currently playing Hotel California for 4 months.
E1W0x TIL that dog obesity is positively correlated with owner obesity. This effect is only seen in dogs and not cats. The study suggests that this correlation can be attributed to obese owners walking their dogs less. No explanation other than neutering is given for the variation in weight among cats.