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TIL Owls have long legs

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BrpvL TIL in 2002, a British woman was so annoyed by Jehovah Witnesses repeatedly knocking on her door, she waited until they were holding a service, then started pounding on the front doors of their church. Then, she tried to get them to change religions. After about a half-hour, she was forced to leave
P1MlE TIL the Anga people of Papua New Guinea smoke their dead to preserve them
Lk1j9 TIL during prohibition, merchants would sell "bricks" of grape concentrate with a label that warned consumers not to mix the concentrate with yeast, water, and sugar and age the mixture for seven days, because "an illegal alcoholic beverage will result".
E1pKw TIL a Japanese zoo unsuccessfully tried to mate a pair of hyenas for four years before realizing both were males.
167d4 TIL, Soy Sauce contains on average 2% alcohol by volume