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TIL Australia is wider than the moon

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V8VQ TIL Jules Verne penned a sequel to “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” called “The Mysterious Island” that told Captain Nemos back story.
KY1Q TIL that Greco-Roman wrestling was invented by a french soldier, and named Greco-Roman to make people think it was the sport practiced in the classic civilizations.
kZmW TIL there’s a scene in Game of Thrones where a Meereenese rider is challenging Daenerys’ champion, shouting “Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries” in Low Valyrian.
Br7RK TIL sperm whales seek out habitats with large communities of bioluminescent plankton, which are not part of the whale's diet. As the plankton's predators (fish) approach the plankton, their glowing alerts the whale. The whale eats the fish. The plankton then turn out their lights.
rRb8e TIL Robert Johnson was so good with his guitar that some believe he sold his soul to devil for his talent