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

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yVeDM TIL orangutans have a low metabolism and, pound-for-pound, spend less energy than any other primate. This helps them survive in their native rainforests where food availability is unpredictable. However, it also means they grow and reproduce slowly—females only give birth once every 7 or 8 years.
1aB9V TIL that ~2500 years before Ancient Rome, the Indus Valley Civilization had public baths, personal toilets, and a widespread system of brick and terracotta drainage ducts and the first instances of plumbing and in the ancient world.
e0oOg TIL "Solitary Orchard", a piece of Chinese music composed for the guqin, is likely the oldest surviving piece of written music in East Asia and it features mysterious effects that sound modern to new listeners. The manuscript was written during Tang Dynasty, 7th century, and it is now in Kyoto
4XDoN TIL that in 2004 Eminem dissed Michael Jackson on 'Just Lose it', in 2007 MJ responded by buying all of Eminem's Publishing
Nxxb TIL that Scotland once used a currency called ‘The Unicorn’