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TIL a former businessman has been living in his own private tiny island off the coast of Australia for 20 years

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15ZX TIL 95% of the ocean is unexplored.
8e05G TIL Sea Snakes need to drink fresh water or they will die of dehydration
5YKPB TIL That your brain doesn’t stop developing at the previously thought age 21-24 and new studies show it may even keep developing until age 40
MaWB TIL that in 1977, the “Human Calculator” Shakuntala Devi found the 23rd root of a 201-digit number in 50 seconds.
4XeYb TIL that a guy called Xia Boyu lost both his legs climbing Mt. Everest after giving his sleeping bag to a sick teammate. Aged 69 he tried it again and became the second double amputee to scale Everest.