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TIL that a Danish artist is hiding enormous troll statues made with recycled materials in Belgian forests

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61dw TIL of twin brothers who ran a marathon where halfway through the race they switched places in a toilet. The 1st brother drove ahead while his twin ran,rejoining the race ahead finishing 9th winning R6000. A keen eyed journalist noticed the two wore their watches on opposite hands in different pics.
QlMp TIL 63% of Arab Americans are Christian
kJrg7 TIL that in 1888, a woman named Bertha Benz became the first person to drive an automobile over a long distance when she took her husband's experimental three-wheeled Benz Patent-Motorwagen on a 65-mile journey from Mannheim to Pforzheim in Germany.
5NeD TIL Monty Python’s movie, The Life of Brian, was funded solely by George Harrison of the Beatles after EMI backed out due to the subject matter.
xVBwD Today I learned scientists have been able to track the history of the AIDS virus. Through research they believe 'patient zero' lived Cameroon in Africa, and contracted the disease around 1908, after hunting a chimp and being infected with SIV (Simian Immunodeficiency Virus)