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TIL 90% of Australians live within 100km of the ocean

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9Yv5X TIL the UK invaded Iceland in 1940. Locals amassed at the harbour after sighting British ships. Uncomfortable, the British consul in Iceland asked the nearby policeman "Would you mind getting the crowd to stand back a bit, so that the soldiers can get off the destroyer?". "Certainly," came the reply
4mgN TIL a Michigan man named Jeremy Grinnell was caught after having propped up a ladder under a couple’s bedroom window and climbing up to watch them having sex. At the time, Grinnell was a local pastor and assistant professor at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary.
VB1lp TIL: IPAs came from beer being shipped from England to India in barrels, the beer needed higher alcohol and hop content to preserve it, so they created a new style of beer.
XEmNE TIL about Unsinkable Sam, a cat that managed to survive the sinking of three ships during World War 2.
JY584 TIL Tom Cruise was diagnosed with dyslexia at 6 yrs old and graduated high school as a functional illiterate, relying on his sister for help with schoolwork. He was in movies like Taps and Risky Business before learning to read in 1986 when he became a scientologist, the year Top Gun was released.