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TIL Pakistan accidentally took down Youtube for the entire globe in 2008 in an attempt to block it

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PMEw TIL that the portuguese man o war, isn’t one Jellyfish, it’s four animals living symbiotically.
rN4L1 TIL of George Remus, rumored to be the inspiration for The Great Gatsby - He was a pharmacist, prohibition bootlegger, lawyer, and is known for pioneering the temporary insanity defense, which later helped his acquittal following the shooting of his wife, Imogene
rQMy TIL in 1981, a tenant was evicted in Germany after spreading Surströmming (fermented Baltic Sea herrring) brine in the stairway. The landlord was taken to court, where he brought a can of Surströmming as evidence. After being opened, the court unanimously ruled in his favor because of the smell.
5V7WD TIL There are some state-funded programs that allow people to adopt dogs that failed government training for being too friendly or for some other reasons
yYJ TIL during WW2 US military drove (then)millions of dollars worth of excess vehicles and equipment off the shore of Vanuatu, to make more room for returning troops