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TIL that making memes in Australia is illegal.

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Y7EKP TIL about the Australian Alps - an alpine region covering 4,700 square miles with some peaks exceeding 2000m above sea level. Slope and cross country skiing are both possible in the alps between the months of June and October
AVBa TIL Stalin exiled a filmmaker to a city in the Arctic circle for 10 years for dating his daughter
awdrL TIL about "Callin' Oates", an emergency Hall and Oates hotline that you can call to hear 1 of 4 Hall and Oates songs. The number is 719-266-2837
J1Rxk TIL that the distinct sound of John Bonham's drums on Zeppelin's, When the Levee Breaks had little to do with the grandeur of the three-story stone structure Headley Grange where they recorded. The sound engineer Andy Johns incorporated a delay device - Binson Echorec - to achieve the echo effect.
XE8WE TIL that in his final tennis match, Joe Hunt won the 1943 US Open. He was unable to obtain leave from the Navy in 1944 in order to defend his title and was killed in February 1945, in an airplane crash.