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TIL it’s legal to send someone a box of sh*t through the mail…

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QJPRe TIL rabbits will sometimes jump up in the air while twisting and contorting their bodies simply out of pure joy. These are known as “binkying.”
5919 TIL the Nigerian email scam is the modern version of a con called the Spanish Prisoner, which dates back to long before the Internet was invented.
a8wZL TIL that the Turia river in Valencia was permanently diverted after constant flooding causing damage to surrounding areas, the old riverbed is now a verdant sunken park.
VBYX0 TIL when Christopher Columbus landed in Lisbon after his first voyage, Portuguese authorities demanded a report of his travels. Columbus refused and sent a letter full of misinformation to the king of Spain so that Portugal wouldn't get a headstart on invading the Americas if it was intercepted.
bRAj TIL the French term for Brass Knuckles is “poing américain”, which literally translates to “American fist”