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

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wowd7 TIL: The reason Onions make you cry is because of a defense mechanism they have evolved against predatory animals which would otherwise eat them
JYPLv TIL China has planted over 500 thousand square kilometers of forest since 1978 to combat the expansion of the Gobi Desert making it the largest forest plantation in the world. It’s expected to reach 4,500 km by 2050
jN5Gv TIL Recent research has suggested plague first infected humans in Europe and Asia in the Late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age. Research in 2018 found evidence of Yersinia pestis in an ancient Swedish tomb, which may have been associated with the "Neolithic decline" around 3000 BCE.
nWvA7 TIL the official crown of the Prince of Wales was made using a gold-plated ping-pong ball as the central orb
ZpRBG TIL that during System of a Down and Slipknot’s Pledge of Allegiance Tour, SOAD bassist Shavo Odadjian was racially profiled and beaten by security guards upon trying to enter backstage