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TIL that an observatory in Chile makes a peculiar wine by fermenting billion year old chunks of meteorite into it.

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oBExY TIL when the FBI went undercover to expose the McDonald's Monopoly promotion scam that occurred between 1989-2001 they posed as a production company that interviewed supposed winners for TV commercials and named it Shamrock Productions with the byline “‘Cause you’re just lucky” printed on their van.
MGKm TIL There is a wild population of 40 hippopotamuses living in Colombia, all descendants of 4 hippos owned by Pablo Escobar in the ‘80s
yVgOp TIL about Central Western Time (UTC+08:45) - a miniscule timezone located in Australia used only by a handfull of roadhouses along the Eyre Highway, one of which is the small Cocklebiddy community.
OGJe TIL that coal plants release more radiation than nuclear power plants
AXR7 TIL In the movie Maleficent, Angelina Jolie’s daughter was cast because other kids were afraid of her look and she was the only one who wasn’t afraid of her mom.