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TIL Google hired a Camel to map a desert for Google StreetView

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j6Gaj TIL that the largest plant in the world is a sprawling sea grass (Posidonia australis) found in Shark Bay off the coast of Australia. It stretches for more than 112 miles.
EgQZ0 TIL many navies around the world through history have a ritual to "celebrate" crossing the equator as an initiation for those doing it for the first time.
R55r9 TIL Osama bin Laden's mother-in-law collapsed and died of shock on news of his death
wMx1 TIL 60% of Americans consume less than 1 alcoholic drinks a day on average, while the top 10% of American alcohol consumers ingest about 10 drinks per day, or nearly 74 drinks per week.
R5906 TIL: Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no." it is based on the assumption that if the publishers were confident that the answer was yes, they would have presented it as an assertion;