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TIL that Indonesia has a cultural stereotype where street vendors selling meatballs are presumed to be undercover cops.

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Oxla TIL that most bamboo species flower only once every several decades, but when they do, all of the bamboo from the same group flower at the same time, regardless of where they are planted.
QNEm9 TIL in Egypt, around 17000 divorce cases in 2018 cited "Candy Crush" as the cause of divorce.
ZppRa TIL that Prince Philip's 'affectionate' nickname for queen Elizabeth was 'cabbage.'
oRxNR TIL about a mysterious century old grove of pine trees in Poland called the Crooked Forest. It's made up of 400 trees that all bend sharply just above ground level, then curve back upright. It's generally believed that some form of human tool/technique was used, but their bending remains a mystery
BBNk TIL that in 2008, Hackers gained unauthorized access to a NASA spacecraft’s control system but chose to do nothing with it.