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TIL countries such as Brazil, Chile, China, Japan and South Korea use different types of tally marks to ours (US, UK, Australia, etc).

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X0oKE TIL about a cheeky species of New Zealand parrot that required their own special playground be made to keep them from messing with traffic
woVVW TIL that BASE jumping is one of the most dangerous sports in the world. The sport has a death and injury rate 43 times higher than parachuting from a plane, and according to one study, a fatality rate of 1 out of every 60 jumpers.
nWGao TIL a group of engineering students from Purdue University built a licking machine to learn that it took 364 licks to get the the center of a tootsie pop. A conflicting mechanical licker built by a University of Michigan student took 411 licks. When licked manually, studies have taken 144-252 licks.
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j6drN TIL-During the Irish 1916 rising fighting was paused daily between the Irish rebels and British soldiers to allow the park keeper of St.Stephens Green to feed the ducks.