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TIL owning an electric car in Norway grants you free public parking, free ferry trips, and the right to drive in bus lanes.

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Z8K0G TIL actor Anthony Hopkins had a habit of reading his lines aloud 250 TIMES before shooting a movie. He also memorized a new poem every week to “exercise his mind”
XEjyk TIL that lobsters communicate by peeing out of their faces onto the faces of other lobsters. Now you also have to bear the burden of this information.
6RK8 TIL A WWII messenger pigeon named GI Joe was awarded a bravery medal for “Making the 20 mile flight from British 10th Army HQ, in the same number of minutes … just in time to save the lives of at least 100 Allied soldiers” 31 other pigeons have been awarded for bravery during service.
6R4Y TIL a koi fish named Hanako lived for 225 years
eGLg TIL that the FBI started compiling a file on Sacha Baron Cohen while he was filming ‘Borat’ after receiving numerous complaints about a strange man travelling around the country in an ice cream truck.