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TIL Australia is home to 10% of the world's reptile species, which is more than any other country.

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e0L9g TIL Scientists have found out what the air was like millions of years ago by using air bubbles in ice.
8XxZ TIL that the dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a ‘nurdle’
d8obj TIL your brain is only 2% of your body mass but burns around 20% of your daily calories. The expensive-tissue hypothesis suggests increased complexity of the human brain has increased its energy requirements.
OW56 TIL The screenwriter for “Battlefield Earth” publically apologized for writing such a bad movie saying, “comparing it to a train wreck isn’t really fair to train wrecks, because people actually want to watch those.”
nWxr7 TIL that S&H Green Stamps are still a thing