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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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6E4KY TIL if you try to steal the hood ornament from a Rolls Royce made after 2004, it will instantly retreat into the chassis of the car until the owner rights it. These hood ornaments, called "The Spirit of Ecstasy", cost roughly US $4000 to replace.
0w8Vv TIL that in 1963 a man from eastern Germany stole a tank and drove it into the Berlin wall, fleeing to the western side of the country
yQNbp TIL that the numbers we write today are all upper case. Lower case numbers exist and some include ascenders and descenders
M8Xm TIL there are at least 7 people alive today who could claim the title of King of Jerusalem.
y9N8 TIL that beyond the whole ‘left brain / right brain’ thing and 'the subconscious,’ humans appear to literally have TWO 'competing’ brains in one – one that can speak and one that can’t.