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TIL That Silverchair's multi million selling debut album Frogstomp was written when all members of the band were only 15 years old

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6EYRm TIL, Venus is the only planet that rotates around the sun in a clockwise pathway. All planets, when observed from the North Pole are seen to be rotating around the sun in an anti-clockwise direction on their elliptical orbits. Venus is observed to rotate in a clockwise manner.
8eJGP TIL Britain used an estimated 22,000 servicemen as ‘guinea pigs’ in their nuclear bomb drops in the 50s & 60s
DQ1Ke TIL about the Hamlet chicken processing plant fire, where many workers died because multiple exits were blocked or locked.
Axy7 TIL of Snake Island. This island has the highest concentration of venomous snakes, travel requires approval by the Brazilian Navy, and a doctor is required to be present during any trip.
NXBbQ TIL fairy dust was added to Peter Pan so that children wouldn't hurt themselves trying to fly when they got home from seeing the play.