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TIL that a 55 gal steel drum can be crushed like a tin can by heating it and then cooling it with ice water

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1nRO TIL that a religion has sprung up around the philosophy of The Dude in The Big Lebowski. I’d say more, but I’m going for the whole brevity thing.
8av5X TIL Of ornithologist Ken Stager, appalled at the depredations by feral pigs upon an island's brown and masked booby colonies(reduced to 500 and 150 birds), procured a shotgun and blasted all 58 pigs on the island, saving the birds which rebounded to the largest colonies in the world(25k+ & 112k+).
d0J8 TIL that golfers in Japan purchase insurance at $65/year for coverage of up to $3,000 in the event that they sink a hole-in-one, in which case tradition dictates that they must buy gifts and drinks for all their friends.
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