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TIL about Lemuria, a hypothesised continent existing between India and Madagascar due to Lemurs being found in India and Madagascar but not Africa.

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YpYdv TIL that the entire surface area of the moon (14.6 million sq. miles/38 million sq. km) is smaller than the land area of Asia (17.2 million square miles/44.5 million square km).
8a6Qb TIL Honey Badgers are extremely intelligent and are is extremely hard to keep locked up in captivity
wLdk1 TIL- The US government had a secret operation called 'Project Eldest Son' during the Vietnam war. It involved leaving behind thousands of rounds of faulty ammo that would backfire in Vietcong AKs while also leaking fake documents that questioned quality control in Chinese munition factories.
m96O TIL that there are hypothesised planets better suited for life than Earth, or Superhabitable Planets.
oBwQr TIL that "Five-O" being slang for "police" was inspired by the TV show "Hawaii Five-0" (and not the other way around). "Hawaii Five-0" was named that in honor of Hawaii being the 50th state to join the United States