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TIL That countryside churches sometimes seems to be sinking in the ground because of thousands of burial sites around them.

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VZN0 TIL the line “drugs are bad, m'kay?” from South Park’s Mr Mackey, was referenced by a judge in a marijuana related court case who said Mr Mackey’s words were immortal
R7dlj TIL that Scottish mountaineer Hamish MacInnes. Invented the all metal ice axe, short ice axe with hammer and incline picks, the MacInnes stretcher and writing the international mountain rescue hand book. He was also climbing double and safety advisor on the Eiger sanction and the mission.
165gr TIL ancient geographers knew that Earth was a sphere but there was intense debate on the question if the opposite side of the planet is also inhabited by humans (called Antipodeans). Most thought that Antipodeans do not exist because intense heat at the equator forms an impassable barrier.
m1gOy TIL that after the city of Tbilisi flooded in 2015, numerous animals including big cats, wolves, bears, hyenas and a hippo escaped the Tbilisi Zoo and had to be rounded up by police. An African penguin made it all the way to the border of Azerbaijan.
WRE9 TIL that Japan has strawberries called the ‘Scent of First Love’ that are completely white inside and out with red seeds