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TIL due to high import taxes, A PS4 in Brazil costs roughly $1850.

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xVbB0 TIL The dictator of Burma (Myanmar) was obsessed with numerology. He removed 50 Kyat and 100 Kyat banknotes from circulation. Replaced them with 45 Kyat and 90 Kyat banknotes. The economic instability which followed led to a coup d'êtát in 1988.
yGZl TIL One of the most popular marching songs for the Russian Military is Spongebob Squarepants theme song.
N55N TIL there is a statue of a dragon in Poland that breathes actual fire on demand, when a text message is received.
OQdg TIL a Norwegian rockslide (~8000 years ago) is believed to have created a tsunami so powerful, it turned Britain from a European peninsula into an island.
DQdvJ TIL that in Australia, there are no bumblebees.