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TIL the Australian flag flown over Parliament House in Canberra weighs 49 pounds (22kgs)

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5YX8R TIL that production of “No Country for Old Men” in Marfa, Texas was shut down for a day because of smoke drifting over from the nearby set of “There Will Be Blood”
WQmA TIL a decrease in death penalties is causing an organ shortage in China: there are 20,000 donors and 1.5 million people who need transplants
rNyn0 TIL that the origins of the Motorhome (in the form of a self-propelled recreational vehicle), go as far back as the 1910 Pierce Arrow Touring Landau, which included cargo compartments for camping equipment and even an onboard toilet.
VB7GG TIL That there was a Rudolph cartoon before there was even a song
jNPXE TIL of the Sahara pump theory, which states that in about 10,000 years from now, the change in the orientation of the rotational axis of Earth's poles will move the North African Monsoon far enough north to convert the Sahara back into a tropical climate, as it was during 5,000–10,000 years ago