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TIL that Australia actually exports sand to Saudi Arabia. This is because maritime or beach sand is coarser than desert sand. Coarse sand j's needed in construction which effectively makes desert sand completely useless.

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Ay5x TIL that the first leaf blowers were insecticide misters that workers were misusing to blow leaves instead.
epdlE TIL: Norodom Sihanouk was King of Cambodia twice (1941–1945, 1993–2004), Chief of State (1960–1970), President of the State Presidium (1975–1976), President of the Senate (1955–1956), and served as Prime Minister ten times between 1945 and 1962.
awb9y TIL (well, more like realised) that the proud owner of America's ass, Chris Evans played the protagonist's role in this entertaining thriller which I really enjoyed watching as a teenager. Ah, the good old days when mobile phones were a luxury and streaming videos were nigh impossible.
Ewap TIL of Kishan Shrikanth, who’s listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the youngest person to direct a professional feature film, for directing his first film at age 10
W948 TIL that Nintendo of America owns the baseball team Seattle Mariners.