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TIL In Bhutan marijuana grows wild and is more common than regular grass. However, virtually no one smokes it. Instead it is the number one source of feed for pigs.

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VM1rD TIL Carrie Fisher's ashes are contained inside a giant novelty Prozac pill
wowe8 TIL the film All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) was banned from Poland because censors felt it was "pro-German". Ironically enough it was also banned in Nazi Germany for being "anti-German"
BgXlW TIL: In the 1950s the British Navy invented Water Hockey - played in 2-4 meters of water, with fins, snorkels, and a plastic-coated lead puck. It is currently played in over 20 countries that hold a world championship every other year.
J1ayl TIL Asian studies major Alex Sigley became interested in North Korea while studying at Shanghai's Fudan University where he first met North Koreans. He later transferred to Kim Il Sung university, one of three students from Western nations and stayed there for more than a year until he was detained
Bg8Qy TIL that there ist an ongoing armed conflict in West Papua since 1963 with at least 100,000 deaths