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TIL Scotland's national motto is essentially "F#ck around and find out."

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awKrN TIL that in 1997, a 50-pound pumpkin was speared atop a tower at Cornell University, 173 feet in the air. It stayed in place for months. Alumni are still trying to figure out who did it without being noticed -- and how.
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