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TIL that “Randy’s Donuts,” featured in Iron Man 2, is a southern California landmark that has appeared in numerous other films television shows, and at least one song.

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yVnoe TIL about Terra Australis, a hypothetical continent proposed in antiquity and appearing on maps from the 15th to 18th centuries. Based on the idea of balancing northern lands with southern ones, it shrank as explorations occurred. The name "Australia" stems from this centuries-old geographical myth.
RAV6 TIL Spotify has a CPR playlist. All the songs on the playlist have a tempo of 100 to 120 bpm, which is the same tempo at which one should give chest compressions during CPR. Coincidently, two of the songs are: “Another One Bites the Dust” by Queen and “Stayin’ Alive” by The Bee Gees.
xV5m7 TIL that the Guanches, the native people of the Canary Islands, had, despite living on, obviously, islands, no knowledge of constructing boats or navigating them. This led to the development of seven different cultures on the seven Canary Islands.
mWJM TIL the Netherlands arrested a Russian diplomat for mistreating his children. Two weeks later, a senior Dutch diplomat was beaten up in his security-heavy home in Moscow by anonymous thugs.
Z8wea TIL the oldest known living terrestrial animal in the world is a tortoise named Jonathon, aged 187. He is two years away from reaching the age of the all-time verified record holder for the world's oldest tortoise, according to Guinness World Records.