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TIL To prevent cheating during university entrance exams Uzbekistan shuts off the entire country's internet for five hours on exam day

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Orwe TIL in Mandarin Chinese, the word for “kangaroo” translates literally to “bag rat”
KYQDE TIL Olympic runner Carl Lewis was drafted by both the Chicago Bulls and the Dallas Cowboys in 1984
vvy7 TIL that between the time it was discovered and the time it was unclassified as a planet, Pluto did not even complete one revolution around the sun.
gMO8X TIL Honda revealed the shape of the B2 Bomber weeks before the government declassified it, in a car advertisement.
xVKwo TIL that giant tarantulas sometimes keep tiny frogs as "pets". They protect the frog safe from predators, while the frog eats tiny insects (ants, etc.) that could harm its eggs.