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

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9wnED TIL: Saudi Arabia produced a school textbook in which Yoda was superimposed on a photo of the late King Faisal.
J4El TIL that the Forbidden City, built in 1420, was so well-designed that it withstood over 200 earthquakes and can withstand one with magnitude 10.1 on the Richter scale.
J1ORB TIL "RE Engine", a game engine developed originally for Resident Evil 7, does not stand for "Resident Evil Engine" but actually stands for "REach for the moon Engine."
J1R78 TIL that All of the used nuclear fuel produced by the U.S. nuclear energy industry over the last 60 years could fit on a football field to a height of approximately 10 yards
Peyw TIL that the old-fashioned curse word “criminy” is an abbreviation of “Christ’s Money,” referencing the 30 pieces of silver in exchange for which Judas betrayed Jesus.