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TIL that an Australian golf course had a water hazard with sharks.

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nKVB TIL that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson consumes 820lbs of cod alone per yer as a dietary staple
N7orM TIL the capital of what would become modern Spain was in Toledo until 1561 when Phillip II decided to separate the seats of power for church and state by moving the gov't to Madrid
mxnJR TIL in 1984 a group of Australian Aboriginal people living a traditional nomadic life were discovered in the Gibson desert in Western Australia. They had been unaware of the arrival of Europeans on the continent, let alone cars - or even clothes.
VXx0 TIL Virgins in Iran are married/raped before being executed because the Koran forbids the killing of virgins.
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