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TIL that Australia is wider than the moon (diameter)

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R5n9j TIL that +/- 42k years ago, the “Adam’s Event”, a reversal of Earth’s magnetic poles, may have led to the extinction of mega fauna, Neanderthals, and forced humans into caves as the earth experienced intense periods of cosmic radiation, solar winds, electrical storms, and drastic climate change.
XZLr TIL that a Pickleback is a shot of whiskey followed by a shot of pickle brine. The combination neutralizes both tastes in your mouth, leaving no alcohol burn.
yvWp TIL Ricky Martin’s “Livin’ la Vida Loca” was the first #1 US hit recorded only using a computer.
ZpAXD TIL about Elmer McCurdy, who was shot and killed after robbing a train in 1911. For the next 65 years, his body was put on display at amusement parks, with his identity being completely forgotten. Eventually, an autopsy was performed, revealing multiple ticket stubs inside the corpse's mouth.
QJMkE TIL In 1977 the Chicago Sun-Times bought a bar and ran it with undercover reporters to investigate widespread corruption.