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TIL Indigenous Australians weren’t considered Australian citizens until 1967. Until this point they were listed as “fauna”.

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9dep TIL a Walmart employee making $9.05/hour returned an envelope with $20,000 that he had found in the parking lot
W7oRd Today I learned that in 1985 the US shot down a satellite in orbit with an F-15
6lkl TIL Ancient Greeks used to go to the gym naked – the word ‘gymnasium’ means “school for naked exercise”.
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D1Bnr TIL that fruit ripening with ethylene gas started after a leaky gas main caused plants to grow abnormally. Dimitry Neljubow a Russian scientist was able to identify the chemical in 1901.