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TIL that the Australian Classification Board has the power to ban small breasted pornography

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lo0kG TIL that only five countries have participated in every Summer Olympic Games – Australia, France, Great Britain, Greece & Switzerland
mxaQo TIL the eggs of Southern Cassowary is green like green(raw) mango. The eggs become green due to biliverdin, a common pigment found in bird eggshells. Their eggs color is used for camouflage against the surrounding vegetation in tropical forests.
4kJ6g TIL many people can't visualize mental images, which was a largely unstudied phenomenon and only given the term "aphantasia" in 2015.
oBXv7 TIL Israel has largest number of start-ups per capita in the world. Compulsory military service is thought to be the main reason as it gives every single person (from any background) the tools to enter the start-up game - technical training and collaboration between diverse army community.
R7vX9 TIL In March 2006 a man purchased an authentic official copy of the Declaration of Independence, one of 200 “official copies” commissioned by John Quincy Adams in 1820, for $2.48 at a Nashville, TN thrift shop. It later sold for $477,650 at auction.