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TIL of Brian Robson. A homesick Welshman living in Australia who was too broke to get home. He decided to mail himself in a crate back to the UK nearly dying in the process, only to find himself in Los Angeles by accident.

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1a0lr TIL Abraham Lincoln grew his beard because a little girl said he would look better with one
k5A7 TIL >50% of sloth deaths occur on their once a week trip to the ground to dig a hole and defecate
d8ay8 TIL In Japan there is a village, Inakadate where Locals turned their Rice Paddy fields into artworks using different colored rice plants as a way to boost tourism and contribute to the village’s rich culture. The drawings are inspired from local geography and Japanese folklore. It's Beautiful.
yQpRJ TIL that a Christian sect called "Millerites" believed that Christ would return by Oct. 22, 1844. When that didn't happen, the "Great Disappointment" caused them to fall into confusion and disband, with some former Millerites reinterpreting their doctrine and forming the Seventh Day Adventists.
R5rw9 TIL that 2500 years ago, an explorer named Hanno found a tribe of ‘hairy and savage’ people. He captured three women, but they were so ferocious that he had them killed and skinned. It’s speculated that he actually discovered gorillas. Gorillas were named after his name for the tribe.