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TIL of an art movement called “Rock Balancing” which involves the stacking of rocks in what often appear to be impossible positions, without the use of adhesives or outside support.

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Z8VpG TIL Due to a error in 2014, a U.S Government Agency accidentally drafted thousands of men born in the 1800’s.
Z87Kp TIL that Trey Parker and Matt Stone lost the Oscar for best song to Phil Collins in 1999. As a result they brutally satirized him in the episode “Timmy 2000.” They have him sing a parody of “You’ll Be In My Heart,” get booed off stage, and then had his Oscar shoved up his ass.
ved8 TIL paraplegics and quadriplegics often cannot sweat below the level of the spinal cord injury. They have to actively control their body temperature
OA7 TIL A man protested against the 1956 olympic torch relay by carrying a fake flame, consisting of a pair of underpants set on fire in a plum pudding can, attached to a chair leg. He tricked onlookers and even handed it to the Mayor of Sydney, Pat Hills before escaping without being noticed
5YBG9 TIL that in 2013, a head injury left an Australian woman with a French accent. This is a case of foreign accent syndrome, which is a medical condition in which patients acquire a foreign accent through a stroke or head trauma.