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TIL that rhinoceros beetles are popular pets in many parts of Asia and have been used in gambling fights.

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mxVoY TIL about James Reavis, also known as "The Baron of Arizona," who almost swindled the U.S. government out of the entirety of Arizona. He forged numerous papers in Spain, Mexico, and the U.S. to prove that he "inherited" the land from a fictional family
nOQY TIL canned food may last decades longer than the expiration dates suggest
W76oL TIL: S.Korea government sanctioned labour camp for children and more than 500 people died in the 1980s
kOeMe TIL scientists proposed a “Minimal Turing Test” where you get to use only one word to convince others you are human, and not a machine. The single word that people found most likely to distinguish a human from a machine based on a new study was the word “poop”.
Xbj6 TIL Google hires camels to capture “street view” in deserts