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TIL that in Australia, there exists an park with giant swings, slides for adults

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ZlWo TIL that it takes 8,000 pounds of force to pull apart two interlocked phone books. You could literally hang two full sized cars from them.
0yOA TIL the author of Jaws dedicated the last decade of his life to the preservation of sharks to make up for the mass hysteria he inadvertently helped create.
PJYe TIL Rupert Grint is so bad at saying no to fans that he once ended up dressed in full drag (including heels and feather boa) going to get a bagel with a group of drag queens at 4am.
9Ylmp TIL Dogs like classical music. In a study in 2003, shelter dogs were found to be more relaxed and quiet when they were listening to classical music. The dogs didn't seem particularly interested in pop music or radio shows but exhibited more barking when heavy metal was playing.
GYJ9N TIL it was considered impossible to run a mile in under 4 minutes until 1954, when Bannister ran the mile in under 4 minutes in the first time in human history