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TIL that Daintree Rainforest in Australia is the World's Oldest Tropical Rainforest

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d8o88 TIL that that the average ball point pen can write for 900m, BIC (cristal) pens have 2.5km of ink and Selter pens have 4-5km. There is also the Fisher Infinium pen that supposedly will not run out in your life time.
VMM84 TIL that Enya lives alone years now in a castle she bought next to Bono
QJOZa TIL that Kenny Loggins was the third choice to record "Danger Zone" for the 1986 blockbuster movie Top Gun. The producers originally approached Toto and Corey Hart before settling on Loggins. The song went on to be one of the best-selling soundtrack singles of all time.
mxEmR TIL that nurses walk an average of 4 to 5 miles per shift
Vg40 TIL That women on online dating sites have it approximately 17 times easier than men do