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TIL: that in Australia they have net enclosures to provide safe swimming at some beaches

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69LQ8 TIL Switzerland has accidentally invaded neighboring Liechtenstein several times. On one such occasion, the Liechtensteiners reportedly offered drinks to the Swiss soldiers, who declined and quickly departed.
XEGl6 TIL 4 year old kids ask up to 400 questions in one day!
ePon TIL a Y2K bug caused mothers’ ages to be calculated incorrectly, leading to 154 faulty Down’s Syndrome tests being sent out, which in turn led to two abortions and four failures to discover the syndrome.
e5rk TIL that during WWI, Harry Houdini threw himself into the war effort, selling war bonds and teaching American soldiers how to free themselves from German handcuffs.
bGB4 TIL the Ancient Greeks had a rudimentary railway c.600B.C