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TIL How indigenous people shaped Australia’s curious geography of plants

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woxp8 TIL that, until 1999, the disc on the Japanese flag was shifted 1% off-centre to the left
xvAb TIL-In an interview with David Letterman in 1983, Frank Zappa said that he approached NBC in 1968 with an idea for a show that would take people in politics/rock n’ roll/the arts and let them discuss news topics. 10 years later in 1993, Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher hit the airwaves.
NXGaM TIL that the first atheist organization was the National Secular Society, founded in the UK in 1866. They gained attention for their promotion of birth control and sex education.
oyB7 TIL that a pig in Australia stole 18 beers from a campsite, got drunk, and then tried to fight a cow.
b6PV4 TIL that during WW2 many thought female soldiers in the US Army were prostitutes. The Women's Army Corps provided 150,000 telephone operators, mechanics, bakers, drivers, etc., but civilians and soldiers spread rumors that their purpose was to improve male troops' morale, damaging recruiting.