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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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8a7ya TIL Mohammad Ali successfully talked a suicidal person threatening to jump off a ledge out of going through with it by saying, “you’re my brother! I love you and I wouldn't lie to you ... I want to help you” to this complete stranger in 1981.
41kJ TIL a fire hydrant in San Francisco that survived the 1906 earthquake and aided fire fighters in saving the Mission district was painted gold in memory of the event.
yYkl TIL that an ocean line stewardess who survived the sinking of three ships: Titanic, Britannic, and the Olympic, made sure to grab her toothbrush while going down with the Britannic because it was the first thing she missed having after going down on the Titanic.
AkkB TIL Mayans exist today. They will be celebrating a new era on Dec 21st, not the end of the World.
Wk8BN TIL Mt. Rainier is rated one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world. It is on the list of the World's 16 "Decade Volcanoes", so-called due to their history of large, destructive eruptions and proximity to densely populated areas, threatening tens or hundreds of thousands of people.