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TIL Australia instigated the first naval attack in WW1 where German Steamer SS Pfalz surrendered after being fired on by Fort Nepean in south of Melbourne, Victoria.

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yQQEw The vortex at Saturn’s north pole, observed by the Cassini space probe on December 30, 2013.
lo4e7 TIL that because Peru's Machu Picchu is in a hidden location, invisible from below, the Spanish conquistadors never came across the site, and thus were not able to destroy it. Local communities knew about it, but because the Spanish had a reputation of destroying temples, they did not speak of it.
ADe0x TIL that after Booth assassinated Lincoln by shooting him the back of the head, the largest manhunt in US history, involving thousands of troops and countless civilians, tracked him down to a barn. As he attempted escape, Sergeant Boston Corbett killed Booth by shooting him in the back of the head.
epyLD TIL that Nabokov saw each letter as a color. It's called grapheme-color synesthesia
mxxRo If stretching before exercise is of questionable benefit, is there any time that stretching is beneficial? The Phys Ed columnist Gretchen Reynolds responds to readers’ questions.