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TIL that wallabies in Tasmania were eating poppies and running around in circles, making tracks that were mistaken for UFO crop circles.

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rRZeW TIL Microsoft invested $150M in Apple during its decline in the late 90s, largely to combat anti-trust regulations. It saved Apple, and Microsoft sold off its shares when their deal was over, in 2003. Had they held on, the shares would be worth over $20B today
J1rN4 TIL that in 1792, the U.S. Mint produced the 'Silver Center Cent,' a coin featuring a small silver plug at its center to adjust its weight and value. This innovative design was inspired by Thomas Paine's proposal to create a coin with a one-cent value without making it excessively heavy.
LGZV TIL that although there were two deaths at Woodstock (an overdose and someone crushed by a tractor), there were two births as well, netting a zero loss over the three day festival.
pWkA TIL during Christmas of 1914, a truce was held between Germany and the UK. They decorated their shelters, exchanged gifts across no mans land and played a game of football between themselves.
Y7aOv TIL that the 90s Christian pop-rock band Creed performed their first show under the name of Naked Toddler. The name was changed immediately after this performance after the members realizing how bad it was.