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TIL to escape rising floodwaters in New Zealand, 3 wild rabbits were found riding on the backs of sheep where they were carried to dry land.

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jNGpX TIL coffee was so important in Turkish culture that under 15th-century law, a woman had the freedom to divorce her husband if he did not provide her with enough coffee
LQEkZ TIL that the highest (Mount Whitney) and lowest (Badwater Basin) points in the contiguous United States are located only 85 miles apart.
ADlDl TIL about Sergeant York, a pacifist who was drafted into the US Army for WWI, and would later capture 132 Germans in a single raid on a German machine gun nest
Z8M1Y TIL Pharoah Ramesses II was issued an Egyptian passport 3,197 years after his death in 1984 for transportation to France due to preservation issues with his profession listed as "King (Deceased)". He was greeted as a king with full military honors
X0Gjj TIL in South Korea, only blind people can get a masseur's license. This law was established in 1912, to help visually impaired people earn a living. It was upheld by their Constitutional Court in 2008.