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TIL that the Australian island state of Tasmania has an 85-metre land border with Victoria due to a surveying error

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5PDr TIL a woman became paralyzed after her spine was injected with a powerful antiseptic instead of epidural during childbirth.
KY80a TIL Digimon’s equivalent to Legendary Pokémon is Deva Digimon
ADaaB TIL the Yiddish last name Geller translates to yellow. So if Rachel and Ross from Friends got married, her name will go from Rachel Green to Rachel Yellow.
gZ9b TIL in ancient Persia, engineers built a type of evaporative cooler that could store ice, even in the middle of summer. It is called a Yakhchal.
v1Nrj TIL Ancient Rome had a urine tax paid by its buyers. Urine was used for tanning, wool production, and to clean and whiten woolen togas. Instituted by Nero, removed after a while, and re-enacted by Vespasian. His name still attaches to public urinals in France (vespasienne) and Italy (vespasiano).