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TIL that the Mercedes Unimog has won the truck class of the prestigious Dakar Rally several times, often by accident as a support for cars and motorbikes

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VMAB4 TIL about the "Gävle Goat" - a straw goat erected anually in Gävle, Sweden. Since the start in 1966 it has been destroyed 36 of 51 times. In 2005 it was burnt down by two vandals dressed as Santa and the gingerbread man, by shooting a flaming arrow at the goat.
ne0MP TIL McDonalds did away with their spoon-shaped coffee stirrers because people were using them as cocaine spoons
pZA TIL that Crash Bandicoot was almost changed to “Wuzzle/Wez/Wezzy the Wombat” or “Ozzie the Ottsel” by Universal, but remained Crash because of Naughty Dog threatening to leave the production otherwise.
pN5Z TIL that following the 1797 swearing-in of Federalist President John Adams, Democratic-Republican Vice President Thomas Jefferson extended his hand to Adams in an apparent handshake before jerking his hand away, adjusting his wig, and running his hand along the side of it.
6EabY TIL that drinking mixed drinks made with fruit or vegetable juices can lessen your hangover as the fructose helps return portions of the body’s chemical balance back to normal following alcohol consumption.