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TIL: Ireland moved a whole motorway for a fairy bush.

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6ARQ TIL Takeru Kobayashi, 6-time Nathans Hot Dog Eating competition winner, lost in a hotdog eating competition against a 1089lb Kodiak bear; he ate 31 hot dogs in 2min36 seconds against the bear’s 50. In 2012 Kobayashi broke the record held by the bear at the Texas state fair with 60 in 2min 35sec.
9YN0r TIL marriage younger than 13 is permitted in 25 US states despite the UN calling it a “human rights violation” in other countries.
nKnr TIL Valhalla is just one of the halls that dead Viking warriors go after death, Half of the fallen chosen by Odin for Valhalla and the other half chosen by Freyja for Folkvangr
epVGD TIL The island nation of Tuvalu's remote location limited the development of tourism and it has only one hotel, the 17 room Vaiku Lagi Hotel
V1dQ TIL The only national soccer team that has never lost to Brazil is … Norway.