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DQ0dp TIL one of the few people actually killed by an Australian Cassowary was an American man who thought it was a good idea to keep one as a pet.
W7w7d TIL in 1967, Australia's prime minister vanished by swimming in the ocean and never coming back. Australians fondly named a swimming pool in his honour.
8e7Za TIL that every Australian is entitled to a portrait of the reigning monarch - paid for by the government. After the Queen died, there was a rush to get the last portraits of her before the Charles stock came in.