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TIL there was a successful petition to get an Australian prisoner released after his 100th birthday, only for him to say "don't be fucking silly I live here" and refuse to leave.

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WkxQ4 TIL "flushable" wipes cause major clogs in sewers and should not be flushed down the toilet
nWj97 TIL some skyscrapers have 150 ton swinging balls at the top for stability, equivalent to 30 elephants
WLgd TIL RAS syndrome (Redundant Acronym Syndrome syndrome) is when an acronym has a repeating word commonly placed after it. Eg: RAS syndrome
RBE4 TIL Doug Funnie from Nickelodeon’s ‘Doug’ was originally a character in Florida grapefruit juice commercials.
wonbo TIL starting in 2001, Dell Glover became the "world's leading leaker of pre-release music." He worked at a Universal CD pressing plant & was a member of a file-sharing group called Rabid Neurosis. Over an 11-year period, Rabid Neurosis was responsible for leaking over 20,000 albums.