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TIL that the US and UK directly interfered with Australian independence, effectively eliminating George Withlam, an advocate who opposed nuclear testing who was democratically elected, with a political coup to install John Kerr in 1975.

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Z8eLR TIL that early in his career, Scott Cawthon creator of the 'Five Nights at Freddy's' horror franchise worked for Hope Animation, a company that created movies/games with Christian values for kids.
x8Ok TIL that 29% of San Francisco’s air pollution comes from China
kOdVE TIL Holding your breath too long hurts not because you are oxygen deprived, but because too much carbon dioxide has built up in your blood.
JYZgm TIL about Ern Malley, a fictitious Australian poet created to ridicule modernist poetry. A modernist journal devoted an issue to his poems and the editor was sued for immoral material. A policeman said "I don't know what 'incestuous' means, but I think there is a suggestion of indecency about it."
P14Wn TIL that the first self-propelled vehicule, built by Cugnot in 1769, was intended for transporting cannons. The vehicle was not suited to the load, and despite further trials, the project was abandoned. However, 241 years later, in 2010, a copy of the machine was built, which worked perfectly.