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TIL that Australia exports live camels to the Middle East as the disease free Australian camels are prized as a delicacy.

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GYLmJ TIL the likely origin of the CIA and black helicopters came from when they modified an OH-6, dubbed the "Quiet One," to be ultra quiet for the Vinh Wiretap operation.
Xak TIL that, although a Rubik’s cube is advertised as having merely billions of permutations, the actual number is 43,252,003,274,489,856,000.
pYPD8 TIL the title to “Inside Out” in Spanish is a pun. It is called “Intensamente” which means intensely but also ends with the word “Mente” or mind
LOdQ TIL there are are areas of the world being referred to as “blue zones” where people, perhaps as a result of diet and social structures, can be up to 4 times as likely to reach 90 years old as people in the U.S.
OGkee TIL that of the three astronauts on Apollo 13, one was the first death among people who flew to the Moon, and the other two are still alive (as of 18 July 2024)