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TIL Brazil and France seriously considered going to war on whether lobsters swam or crawled

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j8Jv TIL an uncontacted tribe still inhabits an island in the Indian Ocean, living as simple hunter-gatherers. They are vigorously hostile to outsiders, and have not yet developed early technologies such as agriculture or writing.
5baB TIL that magician Dai Vernon once challenged Harry Houdini to solve one of his card tricks, the latter boasting he could solve any trick after three tries. After seven times, Houdini still couldn’t solve it and Vernon came to be known as “The Man Who Fooled Houdini.”
QJBVk TIL That in France, the French title for Meet the Parents was “My Father-in-Law and Me” so Meet the Spartans is called Spartatouille
a8Bj9 TIL the typical UFO/UAP being reported by the US military according to the Pentagon UFO Office is a White, Silver or Translucent Orb around 1-4 meters in size typically traveling between stationary or Mach 2 speeds with no thermal exhaust detected at 10k - 30k in altitude since 1996.
ZpXXQ TIL Lacrosse was original created by Native North Americans