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TIL of Bo-Taoshi, a sport played in Japan with 2 teams of 75 players each. The goal is to try and steal the flag of the opposing team. Absolute mayhem erupts shortly after the game starts with dozens of pumped-up players jumping on top of each other to reach the top of the flagpole.

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vNKR TIL Battle of Brisbane, a 2 night riot between US military & Aussie military & civilians. Afterwards, US Sergeant Bill Bentson said “It sort of settled down & you go into a pub & an Aussie would come & up & slap me on the back."Oh, wasn’t that a good ruckus we had the other night? Have a beer on me.
R79g8 TIL that in 2018, Andrew Douglas Macintosh, a 64-year-old corporate executive from Brisbane, Australia, was arrested for repeatedly defecating on his neighbors' lawns. The neighbors banded together to catch the culprit, photographing Macintosh in the act; bent over, holding a piece of toilet paper.
4V0X TIL Half the cast of Firefly served as voice actors on Halo 3: ODST
XEpMk TIL that in Australia when it gets very hot, the nectar in some flowers ferments and turns into alcohol. The bees get "drunk" and are not allowed back into the hive
xVKo TIL that earlier this year, 27 European nations announced legislation that would give you the right to have all embarrassing pictures and information you’ve posted on the web deleted.