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TIL That Snoop Dogg tried to rent out the entire country of Lichenstein for a music video, but was rejected

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LQYxZ TIL A South African Nationalist group called Ossewabrandwag, which included future PM John Vorster, strongly objected to South Africa's participation in WWII. They planned an uprising that was only abandoned for lack of weapons and conducted multiple acts of sabotage during the war.
OGDQ7 TIL that Wincanton, in Somerset, UK is twinned with Ankh-Morpork--a fictitious town from Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" series of books--and that the town is the first to name streets after their fictional equivalents.
ADLrx TIL, a coywolf (or woyote)is a canid hybrid descended from coyotes, eastern wolves and gray wolves.
dQ1Q TIL the record for the longest throw of an object without any velocity-aiding feature was a non-returning boomerang thrown 427.2 m (1,401.5 ft)
epdyJ TIL Sylvester Stallone didn't just star in 'Rocky,' he also wrote the script and choreographed its boxing scenes.