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TIL that the H&K gun company makes a version of their machine gun that's hidden inside a suitcase

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0dAwj TIL that Australian aboriginal tribes have oral history and legends that accurately describe old geographic features and document the sea rise that are between 7,000 and 18,000 years old.
4Eva TIL that a scientific study concluded that Cow Tipping is impossible and an urban legend. Cows are hyper-aware of their surroundings and it takes 2,910 newtons of force to topple them over. They also sleep lying down.
p6db TIL that a Greek veteran, Stamatis Moraitis was diagnosed with cancer and was told he only had 6 months to live. 10 years later, he went back to doctors to tell them he was still alive, only to discover that all of the doctors who had diagnosed him were dead.
xMEo TIL that there are two species of flowering plants growing in Antarctica, even though 98% of the continent is covered by ice that averages 1.9 kilometres (1.2 miles) in thickness.
w1P7 TIL: The former ambassador of Zaire (now Dem. Congo) to Poland, was found penniless - living in the Warsaw railway station, being attacked by other homeless people (in 1994)