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TIL a man in the United Kingdom was so fed up that his city wasn’t repairing potholes, he went and spray painted penises on them, earning him the nickname “Wanksy”

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59mk TIL Christoper Reeve starred in a movie called “Above Suspicion” where he played a paraplegic. Just two days after the film was released, he suffered the famous horse riding accident leaving him paralyzed from the neck down.
bxM9 TIL at a Marine Mammal Institute, dolphins were trained to turn in garbage that fell into the tanks in exchange for fish. One dolphin was smart enough to hide pieces of paper under a rock, tearing off smaller pieces from the paper in order to get more fish out of it.
LQbop TIL the Federal Reserve had extremely large denomination bills only useable internally. They were not legal tender and citizens couldn’t own them
R5nk1 TIL that South Africa is the only country in the world to have both polygamy and same sex marriage legally recognised
LeZZ TIL: Halden Prison in Norway is a maximum-security prison. It was created with a focus on rehabilitation that is reflected in its design. Its design is projected to help inmates reintegrate into society easily by simulating life outside the prison. It has been called the world’s most humane prison.