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TIL the longest straight border in Australia, the WA/SA-NT border, isn’t straight at all. It moves 127 metres from the 129° E parallel halfway. 40yrs after two marked obelisks were placed on other sides of the continent, it was realised one was entirely in the wrong place—but kept the border anyway.

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jnwa TIL Concerned about the number of cobras in Delhi, British colonial officials created a bounty, only to discover secret cobra farms created to collect the bounty. When the officials shut down the program the farms released their snakes, meaning they had far more cobras than before they started.
Oo9Le TIL: Narwhals tusks are elongated teeth, can grow up to 10 ft, and can bend up to a foot to one side without breaking. Their purpose is still not well understood. Some narwhals do not have tusks. Their skin is very rich in vitamin C, the same as an orange by weight. There are none in captivity.
xeK5 TIL that after losing the ability to walk from Parkinsons you can still ride a bicycle perfectly. [video + article]
VBYmQ TIL: There is a Hall and Oates hotline you can call to listen to some of their greatest hits
d8jmB Today I learned (TIL) There was a 74.9% increase in female enrollment in computer science bachelor’s programs between 2012 and 2018. Go #womenintech!