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TIL New Zealand is not part of the continent of Australia but of the submerged continent of Zealandia

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x66x7 TIL that Jack White from the band The White Stripes took Meg White's last name when they got married in 1996.
W7VbN TIL: Corn plants release thousands of gallons of water into the air every day as they grow (transpiration). This can change the humidity of the air and even the weather in the corn belt.
m4JR TIL a giant leopard seal tried to adopt a national geographic photographer
nep9o TIL that three people stole $18 million dollars worth of Maple Syrup in Quebec. This was over the course of about a year.
AeK4 TIL Charlie Chaplain was slandered, investigated, and banned from the USA in 1952 by the FBI for openly criticising War and Xenophobia. It would be 20 years before he was allowed to return.