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TIL of the Australian town of Cooper Pedy. 80% of the residents live underground to avoid the incredible heat above ground.

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46yJ TIL a milk protein is used in the manufacturing of latex, which means most condoms are unsuitable for use by vegans.
ANZKx TIL of the ship MS Hans Hedtoft which hit an iceberg in January 1959. After sending urgent SOS messages, the ship then sunk in a matter of hours with all 59 aboard perishing. It is the most recent ship to have been sunk with casualties by an iceberg.
m7JP TIL on the set of the ‘The Six Million Dollar Man’ TV show, while the crew was moving a neon-orange mannequin prop, one of the mannequin’s arms broke off revealing it was a human body. The body was identified as Elmer McCurdy, a criminal who had robbed a train and died in a shoot-out with police.
woKd6 TIL that Jesse Owens declared after the 1936 Olympic Games, that he was treated worse by the President of the USA, than he was by the German authorities.
pgGb TIL In 1970 John Lennon paid all of the fines for 96 people who had been arrested for protesting against the apartheid South Africa rugby team playing in Britain.