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TIL in 2010, a flash mob of black youth showed up at the Iowa State Fair, yelled “It’s beat whitey night!”, and proceeded to assault white fairgoers at random.

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loVKV TIL that "nail houses" are buildings in China that are left standing alone whilst massive development progresses around them, usually looking really awkward and out of place when the project is done. This happens because their owners refuse to leave their homes and the development progresses anyway.
woL6o TIL the state of Florida has a Python Elimination Program where they pay by length for individuals to hunt pythons
LQWvr TIL sugar beets were commercially introduced to Europe as an alternative to Indian sugar canes. As Britain blockaded sugar supplies to whole Europe in early 1800s, a different sugar route was required. During that time, Napoleon ordered in 32,000 hectares of sugar beets to be planted in France.
Y7mPd TIL that car horn testing is important, and countries like India get highly reliable horns. People honk almost constantly in that part of the world.
eo74 TIL that In New Zealand, BMW posted a newspaper advertisement that said bring in your old car and they’ll swap it for a brand new one. No one came as everyone thought this as an April fool prank but, it turns out the offer was real and a lady swapped an old Nissan Avenir for a brand new BMW.