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TIL Despite being the sixth largest country, mainland Australia has no land antipodes (if you dug through the earth anywhere in Australia, you would reach open ocean)

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4X8gJ TIL that President Lyndon B. Johnson owned an amphibious car which he would use to prank his guests by driving into a lake while screaming about brake failure
epNB4 TIL the Emperor Tiberius once tortured a man by ordering his skin scoured with a big fish intended as a gift, then with a crab also intended as a gift after the man accidentally mentioned it whilst being tortured
jyDM TIL when a German chemist tried to recreate a lavish ancient dye called “Tyrian purple,” he had to use 12,000 mollusks to make enough to color a single handkerchief.
jmJX TIL the cheapest Michelin Star rated Restaurant in the world is the “HK Soya Sauce Chicken, Rice & Noodle” food stand in Singapore, a single meal will cost you just $1.50 (USD). It was also the first-ever street food stand to receive a Michelin Star.
MeRK8 TIL the first crime in Antartica in almost 20 years occurred when a 54-year old engineer stabbed his co-worker over spoiling the endings of books he was reading