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TIL that Finke River in Australia is the oldest river in the world.

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X0XxE TIL Years ago, when two children were born within 12 months of each other, people called them "Irish twins." When a mom had three kids within three years, they were called "Irish triplets." This was due to a derogatory stereotype of poor Irish Catholic families having lots of kids close together.
69pNm TIL because George Kennedy was the only actor in all four Airport movies, he was offered a role in its parody film, Airplane. He turned it down, because he "didn't want to kill off his Airport cash cow."
oRxNR TIL about a mysterious century old grove of pine trees in Poland called the Crooked Forest. It's made up of 400 trees that all bend sharply just above ground level, then curve back upright. It's generally believed that some form of human tool/technique was used, but their bending remains a mystery
jNJYn TIL that a Queens man, Raffi Stepanian, has mined the cracks in the sidewalks in Midtown's Diamond District, New York City, for bits of diamonds, rubies, platinum and gold to make a living. Over six days, he says he collected enough gold for two sales totaling $819.
8a7ga TIL that the world's most overweight country isn't the United States, but rather Nauru, an island country in Micronesia, with 97 percent of men and 93 percent of women overweight or obese.