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TIL that the world's oldest living culture is found in Australia, with Indigenous Australians having a history that dates back over 60,000 years.

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b9Ed7 TIL that Big Bird from Sesame Street almost went on the Challenger space shuttle to teach kids about space. The reason he didn’t was because his costume was too big.
YpEWB TIL about Self-plagiarism, when you reuse portion of your own work without acknowledging that you're doing so or citing the original work.
d8xrj TIL McDonald's in Sedona, Arizona is the only McDonald's with turquoise instead of golden arches, because the government deemed the yellow ones to be contrasting too much with the surrounding area's scenic rock and opted for bluish-green arches instead.
R7BBa TIL 75% of the world lives off of 12 crops and 5 animals. The crops are; sugar cane, corn, rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, cassava, tomatoes, bananas, onions, apples, and grapes. The animals are; Cattle, Chicken, Pig, Goat, and Sheep.
b6NDN TIL that some of the original names for the rock band Butthole Surfers were “The Inalienable Right to Eat Fred Astaire’s Asshole” and “Ashtray Babyheads.”Singer Gibby Haynes, when questioned on if he would choose a more tasteful name, said he would select “I’m Going to Shit in Your Mother’s Vagina.”