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TIL world's first vending machine was a holy water dispenser.

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4p5N TIL ants were the first non-human meat farmers. An African breed of ants raises other bugs for food.
nWBAG TIL over 200 vehicles were involved in the scramble scene from the film 2 Fast 2 Furious
wLxMP TIL following a public petition to release him, at the age of 100 Bill Wallace, an Australian man who had spent several decades in an institution for the criminally insane, was allowed to leave. He refused, reportedly saying "“Don’t be f***ing silly, I live here.”.
LQld0 TIL that walnut trees produce a chemical called juglone that prevents tomatoes from producing fruit.
PLVO TIL Dolly Parton once entered a Dolly Parton lookalike contest - and lost to a man