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TIL Graham Norton auditioned for a part in The Lord of the Rings.

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vnkR TIL Australia conducted biological warfare against its invasive rabbit population, reducing the population from 600 million to 100 million.
5VK4R TIL the O2 arena in Greenwich has 12 giant pillars jutting out of the roof to represent the 12 hours on a clock face, and the 12 months of the year. It also has a 365-meter diameter to represent the days in the year, and a 52-meter height to represent the weeks in a year.
9YK5D TIL despite its name, the Spanish flu did not originated in Spain. The label stuck because Spanish newspapers were the first to report the outbreak. Spain was a neutral nation during WWI, so its journalists did not face the same censorship as those working in countries involved in the conflict.
X0jNR TIL that days are associated with certain colors in Thailand
v1yMr Jerk drivers who merge at the last minute are actually more efficient. However, they are still jerks.