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TIL that when the first American space station, Skylab, crashed to Earth, it landed in Australia. In response, the Australian government issued the US a $400 fine for littering which the US left unpaid for years until a radio DJ in California caught wind of it and raised the money to pay the fine

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MeK5B TIL that TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) is not thousands of years old, and was actually invented and exported to the west in the 1950s by the Chinese government and Chairman Mao who did not believe in it himself.
7oJL TIL there have been 14 known fatalities in Britain from native adder bites since 1876. Recovery from a bite can take up to a year.
GRN1 TIL a man cut off his hand after he decided that it made him sin and was also possessed by the devil. In the hospital, he demanded it not be reattached. Later he returns and sues the hospital for 3 million dollars for not reattaching his arm.
MebbW TIL in American slang a "sawbuck" is ten dollars due to the shape of the Roman numeral X.
NJob TIL: Angel dust (PCP) is still a Schedule 2 drug, while marijuana is still Schedule 1, lawfully making pot worse than angel dust and as bad as heroin in the eyes of the law.