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TIL: Six thousand feral camels once attacked and completely shut down an Australian town in 2009.

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7bNZ TIL that an American tourist believed that he was taking part in a completely legal goat-burning tradition when he burned down a giant version of a traditional Swedish Yule Goat figure made of straw. He spent 18 days in jail and was fined 100,000 SEK (11, 785 USD)
R5kPj TIL that Hisashi Ouchi’s life was barely kept alive for 83 days after a high radiation dose as his skin peeled off and organs failed
Y7J1x TIL: That autographs of The Beatles were once left in cupboard for decades. The Beatles signed their monikers on a scrap of paper at a small gig in Shropshire on 19 January 1963. The Shropshire gig came just over a week after the Fab Four released their first big hit, the single Please Please Me.
y7Bp TIL that Robert Smith, frontman of the band The Cure, famous for singing songs about love, heartbreak and breakups, has been with the same woman since they were 14 years old
4nbb TIL In 2009, Wikipedia banned The Church of Scientology from editing any articles.