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TIL that there are "kangaroo trucks" in brazil with backs raised up to 2 meters high. This is important to prevent highway robbers reaching the back of the trucks.

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9YxxG TIL an IT Director, fed up with sales calls where the caller lied to reach IT staff, said to transfer one such caller 'straight to hell' . This led to the creation of a special extension for such calls where horrible hold music and faked queue messages play on an endless loop to increase hold time.
QN7K6 TIL The 80 year old Archbishop of Canterbury refused to delegate Edward VII's coronation despite his ailing health. His speech was printed in gigantic letters so he could see it, he couldn't get back up after kneeling, he placed the crown backwards and yelled "go away!" when asked if he was ok
QGpM TIL Islam allows slavery, and Muslim societies only began to outlaw it due to Western pressure in the mid 20th century
ylJl TIL the Puritans didn’t come to America to avoid religious persecution but because they wanted to be able to persecute
8aXlZ TIL that, in 1922, Governor of Indiana Warren McCray was offered $10,000 to allow the Ku Klux Klan to become chartered, but refused, the Klan later claimed he was involved in mail fraud, causing McCray to be found guilty and serve three years in prison, when he was paroled and later given a pardon