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TIL that in 2020, anime character Hamtaro was used as the mascot for student pro-democracy protests in Thailand.

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nLmB TIL that the most expensive domain name is vacationrentals.com, which was bought for $35 million, beating out more commonly searched domains such as sex.com, porn.com, beer.com, etc.
VMLXG TIL that koalas have one of the smallest brains in proportion to body weight of any mammal. They are so dumb, that when presented with leaves on a flat surface instead of on branches, they are unable to recognize them as food and will not eat them.
5VW4k TIL Sir Ian McKellen came out accidentally, before he'd told his family, during a BBC radio debate on the anti-homosexuality Section 28 legislation
bdKQ TIL that a man in India set a world record in 1986 by spending 72 hours in a cage with 72 of the most venomous snake species in India; to spread awareness and to prove that snakes don’t bite unless provoked. He came out of the cage, unharmed without a single bite.
4kggw TIL that percent of women receiving computer science degrees in the United States has dropped by half since the 1980s.