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TIL Australian opium farmers found mysterious crop circles in their fields. The culprits were wallabies who got high and bounced around in circles

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epgOn TIL in 2010 a two-tonne hippo escaped from a Montenegro zoo during a flood. After wandering around nearby farms for 10 days, she returned to her pen on her own accord. Her keepers had been keeping a close eye on her, giving her food when she came close to the zoo & covering her with hay at night.
Pb4E TIL there was a game named Custer’s Revenge, with the goal being to avoid Native American arrows while trying to rape a native woman tied to a pole.
69RW TIL Bill Gates wealth topped $100 billion for a brief period in 1999, but antitrust trials and tech stocks decline saw his fortune fall to just over $60 billion the following year.
bpd4 TIL the University of Delaware had a MANDATORY “ideological reeducation program” for dorm students indoctrinate them on approved views on politics, race, sexuality, and more. Students who refused to participate, or to praise the program when it was under investigation were threatened with expulsion.
ANdyg TIL that Joan Hannington, 'The Godmother', was the most notorious female figure in London's criminal underworld during the 80s. With her stunning looks and glamorous wardrobe, Joan was underestimated, she used this to her advantage and became an undetected mastermind in high-stakes jewellery theft.