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TIL that Australia, despite being home to the most venomous spiders, snakes, and marine animals in the world, has one of the highest life expectancies globally.

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Zv4Q TIL that there are two Roman Catholic Churches in China - one acknowledges the Pope, the other the Communist Gov’t.
WDDo TIL the soviet military mapped the entire world with an extreme accuracy. They created more than 1 million maps and some are still used today. It remains one of the most ambitious cartography project till today.
rNByw TIL that Nike's meeting went horribly wrong when one of their representatives mispronounced Curry's name, calling him "Steph-on" instead of "Steph-en." Even worse, a repurposed PowerPoint slide displayed Kevin Durant's name and lost Stephen Curry to Under Armour
xEQg TIL “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog” is the most reproduced cartoon from The New Yorker magazine
eje4 TIL The most popular sport in Ireland (gaelic football) is a completely amateur sport. The players play in front of 80,000 people and don’t get paid.