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TIL that Saudi Arabia imports sand and camels from Australia

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R5Lr9 TIL a Japanese man Yasuo Takamatsu lost his wife in the 2011 earthquake and has not stopped looking for her body for more than 10 years and has dived more than 800 times in the ocean to retrieve her.
VMMvD TIL Oleic acid, the main constituent of Olive oil, is also emitted by the dead corpses of insects and bees. If a live bee or ant is dabbed with oleic acid, it is dragged off for disposal as if it were dead.
wLpo7 TIL In 1972 Jackie Kennedy Onassis was photographed while sunning herself in the nude on husband Aristotle Onassis' private Greek island by a photographer using a telescopic lens on a fishing boat. Larry Flynt purchased them for his Hustler magazine in 1975 and it launched his magazine sales.
v1OlL TIL that in the early 20th century, several American condom manufacturers tested their condoms for defects and sold the rejects under cheaper brand names rather than discarding them
JwOV TIL the “I should buy a boat” cat is originally from Björk’s music video “Triumph Of A Heart”