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TIL: Australia is wider than the moon.

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AVx TIL a boy was conscripted into the Khmer Rouge at age 10 and layed thousands of landmines, but as an adult started clearing them with a stick and a Leatherman. His collection of defused bombs became the Cambodia Landmine Museum, which is also an orphanage for victims.
b9pR0 TIL that the Shazam app started off as a dial in service where customers dialed from their mobile phone to get music recognised. The phone would automatically hang up after 30 seconds. A result was then sent to the user in the form of a text message containing the song title and artist name.
oB9L7 TIL the Captain Planet cartoon had an episode dedicated to the dangers of over population with the planeteer alert telling you not to have too many kids
PyRn TIL that suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the US
ADVOl TIL rice provides about 20% of all human calories worldwide.