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TIL about Pheasant Island, the smallest condominium in the world which voluntarily changes hands between France and Spain every 6 months

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b9WPE TIL Greek Folklore says kids born between Christmas and Epiphany (January 6) are considered doomed to become kallikantzaros, a kind of half-human, half-demon vampire - with talons that lives in the underworld and comes back to Earth to tear its family members to pieces during the Christmas holidays.
XE5Rk TIL that bees dance to each other in the hive to tell each other where to find good pollen. The angle of the dance is the angle relative to the sun, the tempo of dance is the distance, the duration of dance is the quality of the pollen, and the dancer hands out free samples to whoever’s watching!
QNLgX TIL Professional Disc Golfer Ken Climo holds the record for the most Professional Disc Golf Association World Championships (12), and he did it while holding down a full-time job as a carpenter in his hometown of Clearwater, Florida
4BOX TIL a sloth can hold its breath underwater for over 40 minutes.
5VXbk TIL that If using a major credit card to rent a car you don't need insurance. If you decline it most major credit cards cover you up to $50,000 for a loss of a vehicle and cover loss of use costs charged by the rental company during repairs.