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TIL that the Vietnamese word for shark literally translates to "fat fish" and the Afrikaans word for stapler literally translates to "paper vampire."

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WXvL TIL that a high school in Pennsylvania issued a MacBook to each of its 2,306 students, then remotely activated the webcams to spy on the students at home.
6X7J TIL that someone in Utah made a full scale real life version of the house from the Pixar’s movie ‘Up’
jKoN TIL, that there is a demon found in Catholic lore that collects all the mispronounced words said by priests and puts them in a sack. That sack is later carried by the offending priests in hell.
veZx TIL that Missing Children Europe, has a service that let’s webmasters replace their 404 error page by a custom one that puts the picture of a missing kid on the page. It’s accompanied by the text “PAGE NOT FOUND, NEITHER IS THIS KID”
v1bgL TIL a man was arrested because he was pissed off at Bank of America for freezing his account leaving him peniless, that he placed a bag of his own urine and fish bait to rot into their Safety Deposit Box as a form of justice.