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TIL that Melbourne might have been called Batmania

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oRB6o TIL Australia has 2 active volcanoes on Heard & McDonald Islands, one of the remotest places on earth. It is very cold, mostly barren, erupts frequently and has many wrecks around it. It has 71 species of fungi and was recently involved in legal proceedings between two entities (Australia & the UK).
LQmEV TIL Heard Island and McDonald Islands contain Australia's only two active volcanoes
oRZ6o TIL the brain of a five-year-old child uses 50% of their body’s energy expenditure, rising to 2/3 while resting, which leads to a decline in rate of weight gain. The rate of energy needed for brain development then declines with age and the rate of weight gain resumes in parallel with the brain
lJYA TIL in 2004 a man in Florida was convicted of 1st degree murder for lending his car to a friend.
GYoaG TIL that Pringles qualified as crisps/potato chips under a ruling of a British Court despite being 42% potatoes