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TIL that banks use explosive devices hidden in money that can be remotely triggered to stop bank robbers

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m11OP TIL about the Ni'ihau incident, where a Japanese pilot landed after the Pearl Harbor attack and tried to fight on
xVDyb TIL psychiatrist Avicenna had a malnourished patient who believed he was a cow ready to be slaughtered. Avicenna, impersonating a butcher, came to kill him but said the cow was too lean and had to eat more. The patient ate more food which restored his health and cured the delusion.
eR4k TIL there is a 5th Ninja Turtle - a female named Venus de Milo
R7NRQ TIL in 2008, the Netherlands voted "Swaffelen" as their word of the year. It means to repeatedly smack one's (usually either flaccid or semi-erect) penis against someone or something.
D1NNY TIL an American man built a log cabin in Alaska and then just kept adding more and more floors until he reached 185-feet. At this point, he was forced to stop building as federal airspace starts at 200 feet. In the future, he still intends to squeeze in one more floor.