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TIL The coat of arms of the (at the time) Swedish islands of Åland and Öland accidentally got swapped when granted during the 1560s. A mistake not noticed until 1944

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1aNoP TIL magpie birds in Australia regularly swoop-attack cyclists and walkers who get too close to their nests. Thousands of attacks happen annually, mostly a nuisance but also causing hundreds of injuries. In 2018, a toddler sitting in a stroller was almost blinded by a magpie attacking his face.
6VAw TIL the last three people John Belushi was snorting cocaine with before he fatally overdosed was a drug dealer, Robin Williams and Robert DeNiro
4p5N TIL ants were the first non-human meat farmers. An African breed of ants raises other bugs for food.
wM1W TIL the Homer Simpson quote, “Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is never try” was added to The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations in August 2007.
MeZwV TIL when John Lennon was having his toilet replaced, one of the builders, John Hancock, decided to store it in his shed. About 40 years later, in 2010 Lennon's lavatory was auctioned off for £9500.