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TIL there is no land under the north pole, only under the south pole

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awwDy TIL indigenous Australian suicide has increased from 5% of total Australian suicide in 1991, to 50% in 2010, despite making up only 3% of the total Australian population.
9wYRp TIL about the Degenerate Era, where the stars in our universe will run out of fuel, and the starry night sky we see today will no longer exist. Aging stars and stellar remnants will be too cold to support life. It's hypothesized to happen about 1 quintillion years after the Big Bang.
LkLVP TIL that in the same way helium can make your voice go high-pitched by breathing helium, you can make your voice go deep by breathing Sulfur hexafluoride
Yvmv TIL That Leo Fender, founder of the Fender Electric Guitar Company, couldn’t play guitar and had no desire to learn.
DQdwj TIL about a freediver called Herbert Nitsch which has dived to a depth of 214 meters , gaining the title of ''the deepest man on earth''.