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

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yQWwl TIL about the Official Table of Drops, a manual that is used to calculate the appropriate length of rope for long drop hangings.
b6ZN0 Today I learned Winston Churchill topped the list of greatest Britons ever lived ahead of Issac Newton, Shakespeare, Darwin and Princess Diana.
6KOZ TIL In 2003, a panel of prominent US experts decried Americans’ ignorance of outside world and argued that Americans’ reluctance to study foreign civilizations could eventually become a threat to national security.
oP7r TIL Richard Matheson, the author of the novel “I Am Legend”, also wrote host Rod Sterling’s opening and closing statements in the t.v. show “The Twilight Zone”, as well as the famous episode “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”
nJBW TIL that in 1991, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad’s son killed 2 people while driving. He was only ticketed for improper lane usage & fined $15.