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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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6EJWY TIL that the percentage in a rain forecast is not the likelihood of it raining in the area, but the percentage of the area that will get rain.
wowAE TIL a conversation between three female high school students in Japan has started a rumor that caused a bank run.
6dp7 TIL That white giraffes exist and are not albino.
pnVA TIL 1.7-3.3%of fathers are unknowingly raising children that aren’t their own
4XdXo TIL about the Peshtigo fire the deadliest wildfire in US history that killed around 1500 people. It's almost unknown because the more famous Great Chicago Fire happened on the same day.