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TIL that Australia is wider than the moon (diameter)

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a8NMb TIL Australian wallabies have been found to make crop circles in Tasmania after ingesting opium poppies.
QB16 TIL Engineers in Canada receive an Iron Ring to to remind them to have humility. It is in memory of a bridge that collapsed twice due to incorrect calculations involving iron.
gMXNA TIL that the city of Detroit sits on top of a working salt mine, and that the mine has provided road salt for most of North America since 1910.
e06pJ TIL The Sylacauga Meteorite is the first and only documented extraterrestrial object to have injured a human being. 34 year-old Ann Hodges was napping when the meteorite struck her, leaving her badly bruised.
b9We0 TIL In 1940s, Pepsi saw African Americans as an untapped niche market. Pepsi adverts portrayed them in a positive light - in a time with racial segregation. Pepsi faced threats from KKK. Their market share increased by 1950s. African Americans were 3 times more likely to buy Pepsi than Coca Cola.