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TIL Norway has a special licence plate just for rally cars.

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xVoX0 TIL that when Diogenes, the Ancient Greek philosopher, was mocked by members of the Athenian Elite at a party, who were comparing him to a dog and throwing him bones across the room, he simply stood up, walked over, lifted his leg and took a big ol' steaming piss all over them.
wQJ TIL that Glen Bell, the founder of Taco Bell, is a descendent of Dr. Joseph Bell, upon whom Arthur Conan Doyle based the character Sherlock Holmes.
99mQ TIL the Hawaiian Pizza was invented in Canada, and is the most popular pizza in Australia, accounting for 15% of pizza sales.
9wraX Today I learned that Zambia, a country in Southern Africa tried to send a cat, a Christian missionary and a girl to Mars in an oil drum.
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