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TIL that Midnight Oil's landmark hit 'Beds Are Burning' was written to criticise the forced removal of Aboriginal Peoples from their ancestral lands.

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8eAgL TIL that scientists thought Rhizocophala, a group of parasitic barnacles, were hermaphroditic, as many other barnacles. But then they discovered the "testes" were actually males living inside the females.
nWNgG TIL Sylvester Graham was a 19th century antebellum American reformer who spoke out in favor of healthy living, including avoiding meats, alcohol, and too much sexual activity. He created a bland cracker, the Graham cracker, to stop the need for sexual intimacy
mxxkP TIL Sweden accelerated it's move to become a virtual cashless society in 2009, following a massive cash heist in which criminals landed a stolen helicopter on a depot roof, entered via a skylight and used Kalashnikovs to rob $6.5 million - none of it recovered.
mxkEE TIL of UK student Jacob Ford, who protested his school's ban on bags by bringing his books to class inside of a microwave oven. His mother supported his peaceful protest, but the school suspended him & chastised the mother for supporting him.
b97bQ TIL Coca-Cola was sued by a consumer protection agency for misleading health claims regarding VitaminWater, which contains 33 grams of sugar per bottle. Coca-Cola's defense was that "no consumer could reasonably be misled into thinking VitaminWater was a healthy beverage.”