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TIL that in 1933, the state of Western Australian voted by a clear majority to secede from the Australian Federation, but at the same time, voted out a pro-seccessionist Premier in favour of the anti-seccession candidate. Efforts to implement secession were ultimately complex and unsuccessful.

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j6yGj TIL not only does it snow in the Sahara desert, but snowfall in Sahara Desert is getting more frequent!
MerRb TIL That the claim about Fleming not wanting to patent penicillin so that the diffusion could spread faster, is false. He didn't have any means to bring it into mass production; besides, he didn't consider himself the inventor, attributing penicillin to nature.
EQnw TIL that according to Scientology, Xenu is the dictator of the “Galactic Confederacy” who, 75 million years ago, brought humans to Earth in a DC-8 like spacecraft, stacked them around volcanoes and killed them using hydrogen bombs. The survivors of this attack formed humanity as we know it today.
9YNWM TIL: Since the declaration of independence the USA has never had a food shortage but recently around 14% of American are food insecure.
wxaW TIL that SEAL Team Six was named so to confuse the Soviets about the actual number of SEAL Teams that were operating. At the time there were only two.