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TIL you have better odds of being killed by a falling coconut than winning the Powerball.

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OG5X7 TIL about Iqbal Masih, a Pakistani Christian child labourer and activist who campaigned against abusive child labour in Pakistan. He was assassinated at the age of 12 for his outspoken activism.
m1jQy TIL male Orchid Bees collect fragrances solely for the purposes of olfactory display to woo females; they are the only species known to do this.
rNpO1 TIL the first documented landing on Australia by a European was around March 1606.
NYge TIL in June 2012 Bloomberg’s international currency software briefly showed an entry called the ‘Post Euro Greek Drachma’. The currency had a brand new code (XGD) and was quickly removed from public view.
l71pa TIL that in the Civil War, Black US troops served as guards at POW camps for Confederate soldiers