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TIL the average annual amount of rainfall is greater in Sydney than London - about two times as much in fact. Rain generally falls as light drizzle in London and torrential downpours in Sydney.

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Yp6Rv TIL the Ewoks from Return of the Jedi were based on the Vietcong guerillas who faced a more technologically advanced foe but originally the events on Endor were to be set on the Wookie home planet. It was changed because Wookies had become technologically skilled over the evolution of the series.
p8QlG TIL that seat belts are not mandatory in New Hampshire
Y5lG TIL Around 85% people breathe through one nostrils at a time which changes every few hours. It affects the body’s glucose and oxygen levels and the activity of the brain hemisphere. Also explains why one nose is more stuffed up when having a cold.
VMRD4 TIL Uranus and Neptune are easy to spot in binoculars. Uranus might even look greenish, thanks to methane in the planet’s atmosphere. Once a year, Uranus is barely bright enough to glimpse with the unaided eye
DP5j TIL: Puppy pregnancy syndrome is a psychosomatic condition where an individual believes, after being bitten by a dog, that puppies are conceived in their abdomen.