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TIL that octopuses often collect trinkets and will plunder coins from ancient shipwrecks to fill their homes with

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69NaW TIL a "bum gun" is a type of bidet that resembles a garden hose with a hand-spray nozzle. They're so commonly found in Thailand (both Western-style and squat toilets) that politicians were outraged upon learning their parliamentary building didn't have what some refer to as "ass blasters".
EgWZx TIL that every living former President of the South Korea has served, or is currently serving, a prison sentence.
9Z1m TIL that the NFL cannot host games on Fridays or Saturdays until late December as federal law prohibits professional football leagues from competing with college or high school football, which typically host games on those days.
8aPXa TIL that in 1984 a BBC radio DJ stopped a song mid-way, once he realised that the lyrics were pro gay. The rest of the BBC followed suit. Two weeks later, "Relax" by Frankie goes to Hollywood reached No.1.
oBvQo TIL When Alvin "tex" Johnston was told to "sell" Boeing's new 707 jet liner to a crowd of business men and reporters in 1955, he rolled the aircraft inverted in a 1 G maneuver called a barrel roll without the knowledge of the companies president.