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TIL - The country of Vanuatu has an underwater post office. It is located "50m offshore" and is 3m below the surface. The post office even has a special cancellation stamp that can be used underwater!

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e5AE TIL the presence of eyebrows is more important for facial recognition than the presence of eyes.
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O601 TIL A third-grade girl was expelled for a year because her grandmother sent a birthday cake, and a knife for cutting the cake, to school. The teacher used the knife to cut the cake, and then reported the girl to the authorities as having a dangerous weapon.
nmBG TIL an architect tricked China into building a giant dong