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TIL there is an annual fashion show in Australia for ducks

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x68g7 TIL that in 2012 six Italian geologists were found guilty of manslaughter for failing to predict an earthquake that killed more than 300 people. They were sentenced to 6 years in jail, but the ruling was later overturned.
kRkW TIL that the red dye found in most lipsticks is made from a crushed South American beetle.
R7Dja TIL that there is a punctuation mark for sarcasm. Introduced in 2010, the "SarcMark" looks like a reversed 6 with a dot in the middle. It is used just like the question mark or exclamation mark, except this mark indicates irony or sarcasm. However, anyone hoping to use it must pay $1.99 (£1.20).
9Yek7 French paratroopers once used “Bazooka Vespas” in combat
0J1L TIL in 2001 the Taliban in Afghanistan dynamited and destroyed the two largest standing Buddhist statues in the world, both over 100 feet tall and more than 1400 years old.