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TIL that the koala population of Australia is at serious risk of extinction, in part due to over half the population being infected with chlamydia

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JY5yj TIL Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI got married "by proxy". The wedding took place in Vienna, with Marie Antoinette's brother standing in for the groom at the altar. Louis was in France at the time
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