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TIL Giant Isopods can survive for years without eating!

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4ola TIL an artist in a small village in Japan have been creating life-sized dolls in place of deceased residents for the last 10 years. Today, the number of life-sized dolls outnumbers the village residents 10-to-1.
lonVV TIL Travelers with a Buddha tattoo will be immediately deported if seen in Sri Lanka.
e0oMD TIL The Japanese giant Hornets, the largest of its kind can sting in venom so powerful that can dissolve the human flesh.
R6l7 TIL “Judas Goats” are sterilized and radio collared goats that are used to locate other feral goats for eradication.
QNjL6 TIL that in 1325, the Italian city-states of Bologna and Modena engaged in the "War of the Oaken Bucket," a conflict allegedly sparked by the theft of a wooden bucket. This peculiar war resulted in significant casualties and highlighted the intense rivalries of medieval Italy