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TIL Australia has over 10,000 beaches. You could visit a different beach every day for 27years.

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D1mnP TIL world's largest pillow fight involved 7,681 participants in Minnesota.
MemkB TIL: The fastest human powered vehicle on water was 18.5 knots/21.3 mph/34km/h , set by Mark Drela in 1991 using a hydrofoil Decavitator. Some think it took undue advantage of a Dupont Prize rule allowing for 3mph tail wind.
jNeRX TIL: That off-centered Nazi flag you always see was actually used for German ships since the emblem was closer to the flag pole and easier to see while flapping in the wind. The centered version was for land
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R7ggw TIL scientists successfully revived bacteria that was lying dormant for 250 million years.