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TIL Australia has a large feral camel population (300k)

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jnBM TIL in 1959 popular teen heartthrob Neil Sedaka had his first international hit with “Oh! Carol”, addressed to his high school girlfriend Carol Klein. She would later go on to find even greater success of her own as a singer and songwriter under the name Carole King.
VBJDQ TIL sexsomnia is a sleep disorder where people engage in sexual acts such as masturbating or initiating sex with others while asleep. They may make sexual noises or open their eyes, but they are completely unaware of their behavior once they wake up.
BrNxb TIL that the world’s roundest object, a silicon-28 atom sphere, was created to perfectly define the weight of a kilogram. These spheres are so precisely round that if they were the size of the Earth, there would only be a 3-5 meter difference between Mount Everest and the Mariana Trench.
DabJ TIL Laurence Fishburn lied about his age to get the role in Apocalypse Now. He was 14 at that time and the character he portrayed was 17 years old. Filming took so long that he was 17 by the time they were done filming the movie.
wNE7 TIL that in Ancient Greece, throwing an apple at somebody meant to declare your love to them.