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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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kJjbm TIL about Ngerllumund which is the smallest capital city of a sovereign nation on Earth. It consists solely of government buildings and has a recorded population of 0
78nDO TIL Jalepenos are less spicy because of the popularity of a special breed of jalepeno that is low spice, but reliably big and shiny
4Dg TIL Some Tibetan Monks can increase their body temperature so drastically through meditation, that they can cause wet sheets placed on their body to steam in rooms as low as 40 degrees Fahrenheit, where most people would go into uncrontrollable shivering and perhaps die
VAAQ TIL Louis C.K. cut out the middleman, which earns him less money overall, in order to provide affordable $45 tickets to his performances & affordable streaming service.
JvBQ TIL that the last serving soldier drafted during the Vietnam war didn’t retire until 2014