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TIL the single police officer of the regional town Birdsville, NSW (population: 100) patrols an area larger than Britain.

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X0X9P TIL the last Communist leader of East Germany, Egon Krenz, is still alive. He spent 4 years in prison for crimes committed as a high-ranking politician in East Germany. He also still defends the former East Germany, is a Russophile, and believes that the Cold War never ended.
v1E17 TIL that inventor Yoshiro Nakamatsu, who has filed over 3300 patents, dives underwater till he is "0.5 seconds before death", to come up with ideas. He believes that the deprivation of Oxygen helps his thinking process.
4gB5 TIL In Tajikistan, 45% of the country’s entire GDP is remittance (money sent home from relatives abroad).
4Kxg TIL Dolphins are considered “non human persons” in India.
OGLne TIL that before Austria-Hungary divided and separated, their motto was "Indivisible and Inseparable"