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TIL Russia's Far Eastern Federal District is the largest of the eight federal districts but least populated, with a population of 8,371,257 and 75.5% urban. Vladivostok is its largest city, with 592,034 people

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a899M TIL that Gabe Newell, president of the video game company Valve which created steam, owns Inkfish, an ocean-exploration research organisation which currently holds the records for the deepest crewed dives in all five oceans with their deep-submergence vehicle Limiting Factor
e0gN6 TIL Susan Travers, WW2 and Indochina War veteran, is the only woman to have been formally enrolled in the French Foreign Legion.
ndXY TIL hamsters and gerbils are illegal in Australia
nWy9r TIL the idea of a "World Turtle" is centuries old, inspiring the Discworld novel series, as well as the phrase "turtles all the way down"
VLPG TIL The Australian Navy is enticing female recruits by paying for their boob jobs. The benefits are reserved for female sailors who suffer psychological complexes due to their bust size. Each boob job costs $10,000, the funds of which come from Aussie taxpayers.