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TIL about Australian voter suppression of First Nation peoples

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Z81Mp TIL Some trees growing in tropical rainforest do not have annual growth rings due to lack of seasonal changes (winter/summer or dry/wet).
b9aXj TIL multiple American POWs in the hands of the Japanese were used as subjects in medical experiments. In one such experiment, an anesthetized prisoner had his entire lung removed, and in another, doctors drilled through the skull of a live prisoner.
QJY46 TIL there are only about 25 blimps left in the world.
ZXWv TIL Weird Al Yankovic has asked permission from Prince to parody his songs on numerous occasions, and has always been refused. When the two were assigned to sit in the same row at an award’s show, he got a telegram from Prince’s lawyers demanding he not make eye contact
LQ5AZ TIL: The Great Slave Auction occurred in 1859 and consisted of 436 slaves auctioned over 2 days to over 200 buyers and sightseers. It was heavily advertised and netted over $9.9 million in today's money. It was considered the largest slave auction until 2022, when historians found a larger auction.