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TIL of the Golden Gumboot, a competition between two Australian towns for the wettest town in Australia. The winning town each year is awarded a rubber boot.

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EgQ4W TiL Charles Dickens was a passenger on a train crash. He tended the victims, some of whom died while he was with them. The experience affected him greatly; he lost his voice for two weeks and tried avoiding train travel whenever possible. He later died five years to the day after the accident.
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