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TIL Mark ‘Coonrippy’ Brown ran for Governor of Tennessee in an attempt to win back his pet raccoon Rebekah, who was seized by authorities.

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rjAx TIL of Paraprosdokian, a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that forces the reader or listener to reinterpret the first part. An example being, “On the other hand, you have different fingers”
4kLoX TIL of the less well known and earlier War in Vietnam (1945-1946), which was a military success.
m1lbp TIL in 1988 a tradie named Gordon O'Connor alongside his camel, Carla, defeated dysentery, kidney failure, the Australian outback and the SAS to win the world's longest animal endurance race
KnG TIL The word “Scumbag” means condom.
jRYQ TIL that the Indian army uses the world’s hottest chili pepper to make non-lethal grenades.