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TIL: Australia's head of state has not set foot on the continent in 9 years.

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Xk1k TIL that when studying sea anemones off the coast of Yemen, researchers discovered that there’s no natural enemy for the Yemeni anemone.
R7rg1 TIL King Richard the Lionheart of England forgave and freed his killer, a young French boy whose father and brothers had been killed by Richard; the boy said he shot Richard with a crossbow as revenge, and Richard was so impressed with his bravery that he sent him off with 100 shillings
mNwM TIL: It was once believed sperm contained miniature people that grew in to full sized humans
6g98 TIL that there are bands of wild macaque monkeys living near the Silver River in Florida, USA.
LkXA0 TIL that when casting Oliwia Dabrowska as 'The Girl In the Red Coat' in Schindler's List, Steve Spielberg asked her not to watch the film until she eighteen. She watched it when she turned eleven and was horrified.