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TIL tumbleweeds are a public health menace, damaging houses, causing car accidents, and stoking wildfires

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dDA1B TIL that the EU has a blacklist for airlines they consider unsafe, even if they don’t fly within Europe
rNRo0 TIL that director Christopher Nolan's brother Matthew was alleged to be a contract killer who kidnapped and tortured an accountant to death in Costa Rica. While being held in a secure prison tower in Chicago, Matthew concocted an elaborate escape attempt using a razor, a harness, and a 31-foot rope.
lo9wa TIL: Before 1984 Australia's national Anthem was "God save the Queen"
7r7wX TIL French and Italian share 89% lexical similarity, this means a native Italian without any knowledge of French can understand 89% of the words they read in French and vice versa.
lPxV TIL New Zealand is part of a 93% submerged continent known as Zealandia.