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TIL that Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system

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N79le TIL a study of attitudes toward age gap relationships found that they were frowned on, regardless of whether the man or the woman was older, but it was only when the man was older that the relationship was considered unequal.
GjPG TIL the existence of the BT Tower used to be an official secret. It was 189 metres tall, located in the centre of London, and had a rotating restaurant that anyone could visit. It did not appear on maps and was not officially acknowledged until 1993.
5VOjR TIL: Stalin blocked attempts to kill Hitler twice, fearing that his replacement might make peace with the western allies
0wbgj TIL that the reason that ranchers keep a donkey with their herd animals is that if they see a threat like a coyote, the donkeys will kick the living shit out of them to protect the herd.
gMj0X TIL that the United States' "Ace of Aces" for WW2 was Major Dick Bong, with a total of 40 confirmed Japanese Zeros eliminated