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TIL It's illegal to engage in metal detecting in Ireland

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Y71Ox TIL that the word 'twerk' was added to the Oxford dictionary after the infamous display done by Miley Cyrus in the MTV Video Music Awards.
p554 TIL: In France, it is the law, that only a croissant made with pure butter can be straight
pYDjG TIL that the band A-ha helped start Norway’s electric car revolution
8mRa TIL: In an effort to fight oil well fires, Hungarian engineers recycled a Russian T-34 tank, and replaced the gun turret with two Mig-21 jet engines. The team would inject water into the exhaust of the engines and literally blow an oil well fire out. They called the device Big Wind.
W7dVX TIL an Australian couple bought their neighbors home with the intention of fixing it up and sell for a profit for their retirement. However they couldn't because the paperwork drafted over a century ago, when the lots were first registered, states that their new house is built on a different lot.