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TIL A 2007 poll ranked poutine as the greatest Canadian invention, ahead of the election microscope

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v1O0B TIL Sperm whale sonar clicks are so loud they can do physical harm to divers.
Y7env TIL in 1992 Annette Herfkens was the sole survivor of a plane crash that included her fiancé & 28 others. Despite having 12 fractures in her hip, 2 in her leg, a broken jaw & a collapsed lung, she survived 8 days in a Vietnamese jungle on rainwater until a local officer came by & got help.
91GB TIL three fungi species were found near Chernobyl that appear to convert gamma radiation into chemical energy.
eyXD TIL that Taylor Wilson collected radioactive material from the desert with his parents and built a working Fusion reactor at the age of 14
6EY7Y TIL all Australians are legally entitled to a free portrait of the Queen