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TIL Japan has a longer coastline than Australia

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1XZd TIL potatoes have almost all nutrients humans need to survive. To prove this, the Executive Director from the Washington State Potato Commission ate nothing but potatoes for 60 days.
Yp6Br TIL about Pierre Brassau, a painter, who sold one painting for 742$ at his very first exhibition in 1964, when he was only four years old.
8BAL TIL - There was an un-aired pilot of The Big Bang Theory where Sheldon drinks, and there’s no Penny. Completely different
MegwB TIL that with so much time to devote, prison inmates are training service dogs for wounded veterans in only 1 year compared to the standard 2-5 years.
BwVK TIL Demetri Martin, a stand-up comedian well known for playing instruments during his shows, originally only played to prevent Comedy Central from editing his stand-up special out of order. It was so popular, he continues to do it to this day.