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TIL Nazi Germany once considered sending their Jewish population to Madagascar, but found the island wasn't able to accommodate them

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d87A9 TIL that it was the CIA who evacuated people from Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War and not the military as is commonly believed.
wo8mP TIL The World Factbook, published by the CIA, lists Australia’s coastline at 25,760 km (16,007 miles) and Japan’s at 29,751 km (18,486 miles). The World Factbook is wrong according to other measures which put Australia's coastline at 66,530 km (41,340 miles)
8KP8 TIL Your reality is 15 seconds in the making: When you really focus your attention on something, you’re said to be “in the present moment.” But research suggests that the “present moment” is actually a chunk of the recent past, and it’s about 15 seconds long.
ADvDd TIL 50 years ago, Ham the chimp was launched into space, where he experienced up to 14.7g during a six-minute freefall. He survived his ocean splashdown (although he nearly drown before rescue crews arrived) and lived 20 more years at a zoo in Washington D.C.
yQVxX TIL on 9/11, despite security telling people to stay, Aon executives began evacuating their employees and thus saved 924 lives.