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TIL That the number zero was invented in India more than a thousand years ago

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epOQJ TIL that there is an actual city of Townsville in Australia.
wLW57 TIL Prior to humans settling Madagascar about 1,300 years ago, there were lemurs as big as apes, weighing 350lbs
kOKO4 TIL That 523 mostly one of a kind, lost silent films from around the gold rush era, were found buried beneath the permafrost, they were used to fill in a swimming pool and make a skating rink in the small town of Dawson City Yukon
e665 TIL for upon their death, survivors of the attack on the USS Arizona during Pearl Harbor may have their ashes placed within the ship, among their fallen comrades.
oBBK8 TIL Pregnant Crash Test Dummies Exist