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TIL: there’s a town in Australia where half of its population live in caves carved underground to stay away from the heat.

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JYW54 TIL New ways to prepare Nutritional powerhouses.
EKr0 TIL: The Federal Gov. owns about 50% of the land in the west, and less than 5% of the rest of the US
v15B TIL Apple makes it’s employee’s work on fake projects until they can be trusted.
ADdvd TIL: In 1943 a flying jeep prototype was designed with a 40 foot rotor on the roof along with a tail fairing and fins, but no rudder. In Sept 1944 it was successfully flown for 10 minutes at an alt. of 400 feet, after being pulled up and released by a Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bomber.
yV5kv TIL about tree wells - a void or area of loose snow below trees. In 2 experiments conducted in North America, 90% of volunteers temporarily placed in tree wells were unable to rescue themselves.