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TIL There have been no deaths in Australia from a spider bite since 1979

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VBKGB TIL about the self-propelled barge T-36, which drifted 49 days across the North Pacific Ocean in 1960 after being disabled, with all sailors on board surviving the journey by rationing three days' supply of food. Returning to the Soviet Union, the crew had popularity close to that of cosmonauts.
y0V TIL that the U.S. criminal justice system employs more people than America’s two largest private employers - Wal-Mart and McDonald’s - combined, and has proportionally almost 6 times more blacks locked up than South Africa did at the height of Apartheid
rNyje TIL that in the early 2000s, Puma and the Cameroonian National Team experimented with new kit designs. In 2002, Cameroon won the African Cup Of Nations wearing sleveless shirts, that were banned by FIFA before the World Cup. In 2004, a one-piece kit was used and FIFA banned that too
b6nrE TIL about mammoth hunters, people in Russia's far north who hunt for and sell "ice ivory": the tusks of mammoths. Some will illegally utilise firefighting equipment to melt ice and dig huge tunnels into the ground in search of remains.
BD7L TIL that pointing became considered rude because originally it was thought that you were casting a spell on the other person.