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TIL Disney forced hundreds of lemmings to their deaths, perpetuating the myth that lemmings are suicidal.

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nWwkb TIL about the Sheitel, a wig worn by Orthodox Jewish women. Because of the belief that Orthodox women need to cover their hair, some exploit a loophole by using a sheitel and essentially wear more hair on top of their natural hair.
kOoA4 TIL in 1969, Brazilian bus drivers were arrested for training beetles to crawl inside fare boxes and carry out the coins. The beetles were also arrested.
D1Z5g TIL although Polynesians are only 0.3% of the US population 5.4% of the top 204 players drafted this year by the NFL are of Polynesian decent.
Qpak TIL after the first version of Word was shipped, Microsoft sent the whole developer team to Cancun on vacation
N7yWe TIL all the oceans' waters travel on a "global conveyor belt" called thermohaline circulation--and the journey once around the planet takes about 1000 years.