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TIL that Apple made a video game console in the ‘90s

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Egrpw TIL in 2003 two Australian teens spent 22 hours in a tree above rising floodwaters after a crocodile killed their friend and showed off his body to them. The 13-foot crocodile then stalked them in their tree all night and most of the morning they were stuck there, before being rescued by helicopter.
oR5kY TIL 120 starlink satellites fall out of orbit per month producing 30 kilograms of aluminum oxide each which eats away at the ozone layer and these oxides have increased 8 fold in the atmosphere since 2016
rRmDM TIL Alberta is the only place in the world where you are legally allowed to throw coins at strippers
KYXra TiL Jerry Sadowitz had a 1987 album withdrawn from circulation after he refered to Jimmy Savile as a paedophile
Z8mKG TIL that in order to stay hydrated, sea snakes drink a thin layer of fresh water that collects on the surface of the ocean, called a "lense", after rain storms and do not drink sea water as previously thought.