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TIL of an Australian birthday tradition; where after cutting the cake, the birthday girl/boy has to kiss the nearest person of the opposite sex.

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PYkXZ TIL during the Vietnam War, the U.S. spent roughly $3 million each year on weather modification campaigns designed to draw out the monsoon season and even one campaign involved an attempt to flood the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the main route that enemy fighters were using to deliver their supplies.
mxr7E TIL Nataliya Dmytruk, a Ukranian sign language interpreter, refused to translate false election results on live TV, signing "our President is Viktor Yushchenko. Do not trust the results...they are all lies". Leading to national protests invalidating the election & aiding the Orange Revolution
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4kMP6 TIL that Australia's Constitution allows New Zealand to join as Australia's 7th state at any time
j6REN TIL icelandic singer Björk had a stalker who tried to kill her by posting a bomb containing sulphuric acid to her address.