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TIL in the U.K., hipsters are known as ‘dickheads’

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Y9n7 TIL that a NASA scientist conducted a tongue-in-cheek experiment to see what animals drivers are more likely to hit, he placed rubber fakes on the side of the road and found that 6% of drivers intentionally swerve to hit them, tarantulas being hit the most.
78b8M TIL In the late 1930's, several Jewish Mafia groups disrupted the influence of pro-Nazi groups in the US, like the German-American Bund, by beating up several of its members at various rallies. A NY state judge tacitly approved these attacks, on the condition that no one was killed.
4KY6 TIL that bonobos, while sharing 99% of our DNA, are wildly homosexual and have sex for nearly any reason. Anything that arouses the interest of more than one at a time tends to result in sexual contact.
pYlGZ TIL that on 11 September, 2001, a small Canadian town called Gander became a haven for thousands of airline passengers and crew stranded after the 9/11 terror attacks.
gOKW TIL the Catholic Church used to castrate boys who accused priests of sexual abuse, as recently as the 1950’s