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TIL that the FBI might pay you 10,000$ if you rat out people who point laser pointers at planes.

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QJvxL TIL South Korea mints coins for various other countries including India, Israel and Argentina
544Q TIL while filming the movie disaster Ishtar, the animal trainer needed to find a blue-eyed camel. He found the perfect one at the first dealer but decided to shop around. Realizing how rare blue-eyed camels are, he returned to the first trader, who had since eaten the camel.
M71RK TIL about the Kalakuta Republic, which was a communal compound in Lagos, Nigeria owned by nigerian musician and activist Fela Kuti. It was later destroyed by the Nigerian Military in 1977
r0Go TIL that The initial intention was that Joker was originally meant to be killed off in Batman #1
XEMOD TIL: there are an estimated 200 bodies on MT Everest that hikers use as markers on their journey up the beast of a mountain, including a corpse named “green boots”.