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TIL hamsters and gerbils are illegal in Australia

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mLbP TIL there is a hypothesis that life originated on Mars and was transported to Earth on meteorites
R7rNa TIL: Japan had issues with crow nests on electric infrastructure, so they went and destroyed all of the nests....which prompted the local crow population to just build MORE nests, far in excess to what they actually needed
p85k4 TIL the actor who played Chunk in Goonies is now a lawyer who represents Bong Joon-ho
666w TIL that in 5 years, Jahangir Khan played 555 consecutive squash matches, maintaining an unbeaten run the entire time. During this winning streak, he won the International Squash Players Association Championship, without losing a single point.
epVn6 TIL About the Festival of the Exploding Hammers in San Juan de la Vega, Mexico. Young men strap explosives to sledgehammers and slam them against sheet metal to make something that looks like it came from Looney Tunes.