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TIL Australia routinely (and ironically) denies entry to non-citizens who have a criminal record.

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p8RY4 TIL a Scottish man fasted for 382 days, living on vitamin supplements and non-caloric beverages. He was morbidly obese, weighing 456 pounds, and lost 276 pounds. The fast was monitored by doctors, who detected no ill-effects. He never regained the weight. It was the longest recorded fast in history.
woVn1 TIL: In 2022, the debut studio album by American hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), was added to the American National Recording Registry
VMZLQ TIL about Cahokia, the largest pre-Columbia city in what is now the United States. Its pyramids and earthen mounds stood near present-day East St. Louis, IL. Around the year 1050, it had 30,000 people, making it larger than London or Paris at the time. It was abandoned by 1400.
8adPK TIL there are at least 17 satellites like the Hubble Space Telescope. They are spy satellites pointed at Earth and Hubble is basically built from spare parts.
XEY8r TIL The deepest depths of Lake Erie are still at a higher elevation than the surface of Lake Ontario. The two lakes are only separated by about 21 miles / 34 kilometers.