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TIL that there are just under twice as many kangaroos as humans in Australia

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b954Q TIL that "daddy long legs" are not spiders. They are called Harvestmen, or Opiliones, and they are more closely related to mites.
jNwwN TIL the flag of Denmark is the oldest flag in the world still in use (since 1219).
x6K1D TIL in Han China there were two men with the same name (Han Xin) at the same time who had very similar life trajectories. Both fought the Qin dynasty and joined the Han, both were given vassal kingdoms due to military achievements, and both were killed in 196 BC in connection with the same rebellion
9nxr TIL some of the U.S.’s favorite craft breweries no longer technically brew “craft beer” - Founders, Ballast Point, Goose Island, Redhook, Elysian, Lagunitas and tons more kicked out of the craft beer category after acquisitions by big beer (aka Anheuser-Busch, Moslon, etc.)
xVRjk TIL that on February 7 1981, a Tupolev Tu-104 passenger jet crashed during take off from Pushkin Airport near Leningrad, Russia, resulting in the death of all 50 people on board, including 16 Soviet admirals and generals, among them the commander of the Pacific Fleet.