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TIL that the entire surface area of the moon (14.6 million sq. miles/38 million sq. km) is smaller than the land area of Asia (17.2 million square miles/44.5 million square km).

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QNLXe TIL about Magdalene Laundries, Irish asylums where women (who were disabled, sex workers, "too beautiful," or any number of things) were held and required to clean clothes daily. Some never left, as they had no family outside to vouch for them.
awlXN TIL that the spaniards destroyed an Inca temple and built a cathedral on the temples foundations. Later, an earthquake completely destroyed the Spanish-made cathedral but left the foundations of the temple intact.
XoaQ TIL that after being wronged by the government in the late 1990s, a citizen decided to heavily modify a bulldozer, called it the “Killdozer”, and went on a rampage.
b6nj7 TIL Tamara Torlakson pooped her pants while running a marathon and still set her personal best.
DQ0Vv TIL Mexico didn't recognize millions of descendents of African peoples they enslaved...until 2019. And the UN basically had to shame them into doing it.