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TIL that 8.2% of Norwegians eat tacos every Friday night
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TIL that during the Great Recession, Australia didn’t bail out their banks. Instead, they gave each citizen $900, no questions asked. As a result, Australia was the only western country not to go into recession.
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TIL that the actor who starred in 'The Great Train Robbery' (1903), retired from the cinema to work as a milkman, after appearing in more than 70 movies. 'The Great Train Robbery' was one of the earliest silent Westerns, and the actor famously shocked audiences by pulling the trigger at the camera.
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TIL the word horseradish came about because the English misunderstood the German word “meerrettich” which means "sea radish". The word "meer" was swapped to "mare" (a female horse) even though the plant has absolutely nothing to do with horses, it just grows well by the sea.
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TIL about Game of Shrooms — a once a year worldwide event where artists from all over the world hide their mushroom themed artworks in public places and give hints for others to find and keep. The next event is on June 10, 2023 🍄
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TIL the human body can naturally settle into a sleep-wake cycle of up to 50 hours, when there's no day/night cycle to observe. In 1962 geologist Michel Siffre entered a darkened cave, where he planned to remain for two months tracking time assuming 1 sleep equals one day, but he was off by 2 weeks.