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TIL Finland is the only country in Europe where you can legally have sex with animals

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7rYap TIL a guy bought a motel to watch guests have sex from the attic above their rooms. 30 years, never got caught. Even witnessed a murder.
Wkpw9 TIL Brazilian scrap thieves unknowingly stole highly radioactive caesium-137 from a shuttered hospital. The glowing powder was handled, shown to neighbors as a curiosity and even dabbed on faces like makeup. This event resulted in 4 deaths, including a toddler who ingested the powder. [NSFW]
RPVQ TIL that before air-dropped bombs were used in WWI, solid-cast darts called Flechettes were dropped in large batches from British and French planes over enemy trenches, which were capable of piercing helmets and skulls
xM90 TIL There exists a breed of “Werewolf Cats” that act like dogs and sell for as much as $2,500
GbEQ TIL the “wall follower” is the best-known rule for solving mazes. If the maze is “simply connected”, that is all its walls are connected together or to the maze’s outer boundary, then by keeping one hand in contact with one wall of the maze the solver is guaranteed not to get lost.