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TIL you can mail a coconut through the USPS with no packaging, you simply need to affix an address label and proper postage.

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awdeZ TIL A stream in New Zealand has a brain eating amoeba in it and you're still allowed to swim.
YvRr TIL that the BigMac with the least amount of sodium is served in Malaysia while that with the most is served in Japan, which also has the most calories.
wLVa8 TIL that the half-penny was discontinued in 1857 because it was worth too little. But in 1857, the half-penny had more purchasing power than today's dime.
Brv4d TIL that grasshoppers are the same insect as locusts. When forced into overcrowded areas with little food, they transform, becoming stronger, more aggressive, and swarm to eat anything in sight