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TIL South Australia has 80% of the world's opals

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DGQV TIL that Nicholas Cage invented his own acting style, known as “Nouveau Shamanic”. He plans on one day writing a book about the method.
eGxg TIL that the fatality rate was so high for airmen in the WWII years of 1942-1943, it was statistically impossible for a flight crew to finish a 25-mission tour in Europe
rMx1 TIL 12 attoseconds is currently the shortest measurable amount of time… one attosecond is the time it takes for a beam of light to travel from one hydrogen atom to another.
awxwy TIL that the Nazi SS organization included volunteers from many ethnicity from Albania, Hungary, India, Sweden, the UK, etc.
O9W1 TIL: In 1976, Eric Clapton made a speech at a concert encouraging the British audience to vote for Enoch Powell, saying that Britain needed to “get the foreigners out, get the wogs out, get the coons out”, and repeatedly shouting “Keep Britain White”. In response, Rock Against Racism was formed.