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TIL about the Hidden Continent of Zealandia, a region of continental crust twice the size of India. Mostly submerged, the only major land masses include New Zealand and New Caledonia.

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4kDno TIL that a recording of Rudyard Kipling's poem "Boots" is used by the US Navy's Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) school to train troops on how to survive if they are captured and tortured
E0jo TIL SNAP program (aka “food stamps”) supports purchasing live vegetable plants and seeds to grow a garden. Helping to provide healthy food, thrifty use of money, and teaching self sufficiency.
XylX TIL if you own your own rail car, Amtrak will let you attach it to one of their trains and go along for the ride…
16OGP TIL multiple U.S. companies have been caught over the years selling raccoon dog (tanuki) fur as "faux fur." Three were sued and reached settlements with the government that included no financial penalty.
XEpxR TIL Brazil Nuts grow on trees with deep roots, which reach down to soil high in natural radium. This makes Brazil Nuts more radioactive than most other items in your home.