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TIL there are mysterious ancient stone cart tracks all over Malta, some of which disappear over cliffs and reappear at the bottom of the ocean.

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Z89NG TIL Madonna leaked a fake version of her album to pirates where every song was a loop of her saying "What the fuck do you think you're doing?" In response, a hacker posted the real album on her own site for everyone to download with the message: "This is what the fuck I think I'm doing."
rR8mW TIL the Large Hadron Collider had to be turned off for a period of time because a bit of baguette was found in it.
m10jM TIL all snakes can swim
GYgQN TIL when firing the Germans biggest cannon in WW1, they had to move 300 yards away and fire it electrically. They were still so close they required cotton wadding in their eyes, nose and ears, and fired it with their mouth open to prevent the gun from blowing out their ear drums.
yYOp TIL that Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk used to listen in on telephone and sex chatlines to find appalling, original stories for his writing.