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

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KYMV9 TIL that the last queen of Madagascar befriended a French magician who was secretly employed as a spy. While performing in her court, he aided the French conquest of her nation.
ZZMD TIL the Federal Reserve is not owned by the government, and that it is owned by private shareholders and banks.
o7wL TIL Jack Unterweger became an Austrian celebrity after writing plays and stories while in prison for murder. On release he went on TV talk shows about prisoner reform and the recent murders of several prostitutes. As a journalist he interviewed other prostitutes and even police. He was the killer.
8vQ4 TIL in 2007 scientists froze light in it’s tracks, converted it to matter, and then re-started it a distance away
MeDyA TIL about the trials for Rocket Mail. Since 1810 inventors have tried to deliver mail via artillery, and later rockets. In 1959 the US navy fired a cruise missile filled with mail from a submarine to a Naval base in Florida. Despite enthousiasm by the Postmaster General it was a one time thing.