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TIL that the children’s song group “the wiggles” were originally the “hardest working punk band in australia”.

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d8Gyr TIL: That you can grow bamboo in Canada and cold climates, some species are even solid and can withstand temperatures down to -25 (f).
YRd TIL that when Thomas Jefferson dubbed the term ‘separation of church and state’ he was echoing the founder of the American Baptist Church, Roger Williams, who also supported it.
69eZ8 TIL that elephant poaching has steadily decreased in certain African countries causing elephant populations to slowly begin rising.
oRmZL TIL that days are lengthening by 1.8 milliseconds a century, because the moon is moving away from earth at a rate of about 3.8 centimeters (1.1 inch) a year. This caused also that 1.4 billion years ago, a day on our planet lasted only about 18 hours
18dD TIL during the late 1800s, a baboon was employed by the railroad as a signalman and he never once made a mistake during its career, and worked for the railroad until his death.