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TIL Brazil suffered from Hyperinflation in the 1980s-1990s

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xla1 TIL 1 sheep jumped off a cliff in Turkey & 1500 sheep followed. only about 400 died because the other sheep fell on a soft pile of wool/ sheep:)
Y7y8B TIL Canada doesn't have internal free trade
gM8MW TIL of the phrase "Eddie would go" about the Hawaiian legend and lifeguard Eddie Aikau who was famous for surfing and saving people from big waves on the north shore. When no one would Eddie would go.
WdPd TIL of a man who robbed two banks after covering his face with lemon juice in the mistaken belief that, because lemon juice is usable as invisible ink, it would prevent his face from being recorded on surveillance cameras.
j6PWv TIL That in 1941, USS New York opened fire on an object, believing it to be a japanese aircraft. Fire commenced until a navigator realized they were shooting at Venus.