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TIL an Iraqi Man moved to Australia and used the Welfare System as Income. Some years later he became successful and wrote a check for more than $18,000 to the Australian Government (Every cent they gave him).

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xV70 TIL When it opened in 1967, Pirates of the Caribbean used real human skeletons as props.
Y7eWP TIL about the Diomede Islands - Big Diomede is in Russian territory, Little Diomede is in the U.S. They're just 2 miles apart, but due to the International Date Line, Big Diomede is 21 hours ahead of Little Diomede.
VpA0 TIL in older Scandinavian society a popular Christmas prank was to place a straw goat in a neighbour’s house without them noticing; the family successfully pranked had to get rid of it in the same way!
lo7Br TIL of Emad Salem, the FBI informant involved in the first WTC bombing whose offers to thwart the bombing was ignored by his FBI handlers
jNEEv TIL some trucks in North Korea are powered by burning charcoal because the price of oil is too high for most citizens.