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TIL It is illegal to leave your car unlocked in Australia
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TIL Nepal, a tiny Himalayan nation, contributed almost 200,000 men and £1,000,000 to the British government during WW1
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TIL that since 1956 the US Air Force trains falcons. They have 8 main falcons, Ace, Apollo, Cairo, Karena, Nova, Oblio, Zeus, and Ziva
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TIL that in 1993, upon learning that they were to play a show at a venue owned by the Church of Scientology, the band Tool was opposed to performing. They played, but Maynard, the lead singer, spent most of the show baa-ing like a sheep at the audience
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TIL of the Batavia, a Dutch East India Company ship that wreaked off the west coast of Australia in 1629. A war between the survivors broke out, as a merchant onboard led a plot to murder and enslave the others and found a personal kingdom.
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TIL the period in China from the 18th Century to the end of the WWII, where the nation was dominated by foreign powers, is referred to as "the century of shame and humiliation."