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TIL that in Bali, there is law dictating that buildings (except in certain scenarios) cannot be taller than a coconut tree or 15m.
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TIL in 1914 a boy threw a tennis ball that got stuck high up in an archway of the Lincoln Cathedral. Over 90 years later, the boy's nephew wrote a letter to the cathedral asking if he could have it back, though secretly hoping the cathedral would notice it and leave it in place.





TIL a woman became addicted to bee stings. It started as an occasional sting to relieve pain from arthritis, but it "spiraled into a full-blown addiction" at 15 stings a day and about 50,000 times total since she started.







TIL the iconic Windows 95 startup sound was produced by Brian Eno, the king of ambient music. He also composed it on a Mac computer and said that he doesn't like PCs and that he's never used one in his life.



Why don't zoo cemeteries exist? Zoo animals pass eventually, and they need to be buried or cremated, but can you imagine trying to do either for an elephant or giraffe? Where do deceased zoo animals go?
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Why don't zoo cemeteries exist? Zoo animals pass eventually, and they need to be buried or cremated, but can you imagine trying to do either for an elephant or giraffe? Where do deceased zoo animals go?