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TIL Fraser Island, Australia, is the largest Island to be entirely made out of sand.

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ZpwGv TIL that Donald Triplett was the first man in the world to be diagnosed as autistic. He was noted for having some savant abilities and to perform rapid mental multiplication. He died in June this year at the age of 89.
ADOXw TIL 1/3 of Harvard students are legacies.
GY6lE TIL Greg Louganis cracked his head in the 1988 Olympics springboard preliminaries. He got 4 stitches and went on to win the gold medal the next day.
8j0b TIL the Americans botched the hanging of the German Field Marshall Wilhelm Keital. The trapdoor was too small and he smashed his head going down, and the force didn’t break his neck so it took a full 24 minutes for him to suffocate.
yVL9X TIL former Disney head Jeffrey Katzenberg attempted to dissuade Robin Williams from playing Batty Koda in the film FernGully: The Last Rainforest, as Katzenberg only wanted Williams to voice the Genie in the movie Aladdin