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TIL India has a vast and rich (and unexplored) dinosaur fossil beds which is not even well known in India

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Y7xnA TIL learned that Waffle House stays open 24/7/365 so reliably, even in disaster scenarios, that it's informally used by FEMA as a metric for disaster severity ("If Waffle House closes, get out of there!"). Their preparedness measures include mobile emergency generator trucks and "Jump Waffle Teams"
4Xp8R TIL popcorn became popular during the Great Depression because it was fairly inexpensive.
neKZG TIL That Venus Flytraps are native to North Carolina
0wlKp TIL no one can buy land in Canberra, only lease the land for 99 years
PYxg TIL A Male tortoise weighing 550 lb named Adwaita (Meaning one and only) was born in 1750 and died in 2006.