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TIL that the parody national anthem or Kazakhstan from Borat was accidentally downloaded and played in its entirety for a Kazakh gold medalist during the 2012 Olympics

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R5lka TIL - The layer of gold on the James Webb Space Telescope is so thin that if you added it up, it would only be about 7-8 wedding bands worth.
d8kAB TIL that being awake for 18 hours straight makes you drive like you have a blood alcohol level (BAC) of .05. Being awake for 24 hours is like you have a BAC of .1 (for reference, a BAC of .08 is considered drunk)
JaY4 TIL a Canadian Shepherd who has been preserving rare Shropshire sheep for the last 12 years has been in a battle against the CFIA, who killed her entire healthy flock, and now faces up to 12 yrs in jail and fines of $1.5 million.
R5R06 TIL Smallville actor Allison Mack was sentenced to 3 years of prison due to her involvement with sex trafficking through the cult NXIVM
D1aXV TIL ants will refuse “medical” help from their colony if they know they are mortally wounded. Rather than waste the colony’s resources and energy on futile rehabilitation, the wounded ant flails its legs forcing help to abandon them.