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TIL Despite the entire animal kingdom in Australia trying to kill you, Australia has a rabies-free status

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9eKX TIL that the “Success Kid” helped pay for his fathers kidney transplant. Due to the fact that so many people know of the meme, they were able to raise more than $100.000 for his surgery.
695gJ TIL that a Canadian Special Forces Sniper has achieved the world record for the longest confirmed kill shot in military history at a distance of 2.2 miles.
xVj70 TIL that on the Mississippi River in the 1850s, the word "two" was often pronounced "twain." When leadsmen measured a depth of two fathoms, they shouted "mark twain!" The American writer Mark Twain, a former river pilot from Missouri, got his pen name from this phrase.
pxeN TIL In 1987, the US Army’s Night Stalkers stole an Russian attack helicopter from a desert in Chad
M1rK TIL 40% of successful people consider themselves frauds