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TIL A Kiwi-woman got arrested in Kazakhstan, because they didnt believe New Zealand is a country.

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9L6Q TIL that the Bangkok police used Hello Kitty armbands to shame officers for minor offenses
oBPLL TIL the word "literally" has been used figuratively for hundreds of years. Charles Dickens, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Austen, and Mark Twain all used it for hyperbole.
xV6E0 You don't have to know what's in a hot dog to enjoy one, but knowing it's history might help.
99NX TIL of the “suicide palm” recently discovered in Madagascar that flowers itself to death. The plant grows for decades before exploding with nectar-rich blossoms that deplete the plant’s nutrients and cause it to die
ZNna TIL the Iron Sheik planned to kill the man who murdered his daughter by slitting his throat with a razor he hid in his mouth in the courtroom court. His family surrounded him and talked him out of it. Instead, as a tribute to his daughter, he quit drugs and got his life back on track.