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TIL New Zealand has a cat killing contest, with price money.

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rNGOd TIL that Andorra is officially co-ruled by a Bishop and the Prince of Andorra, a title given to the current President of France. This means the Prince of Andorra is a democratically elected monarch, but elected by the citizens of a foreign country.
1gQX TIL there is a practicing attorney in Detroit named Luke Skywalker
XOOj TIL that in 1808, a gentlemen’s duel took place at 2,000 ft. in a pair of hot air balloons. Each man used a blunderbuss to attempt to destroy the others balloon.
Ajxa TIL Dick Fosbury won the 1968 Olympic High Jump medal by using the hitherto unknown “flop” technique that he himself invented. It remains the most efficient high jumping technique to this day.
YRDd TIL North Korea is the only country where Marijuana is 100% legal to grow, sell, possess, and use.