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TIL that there is an actual city of Townsville in Australia.

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XERJQ TIL Author Stephen King decided to take his novel "Rage" out of print due to the fact that the book was found in the lockers of 5 school shooters over the span of 9 years.
YpaKP TIL Tea is said to have been discovered in 2737 BC by a Chinese emperor when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water.
9ZLX TIL that not all bat houses are abandoned. These in Gainesville, Florida house 300,000 bats that eat 2.5 BILLION insects per night.
5XXk TIL that Brad Pitt tore his Achilles tendon whilst filming a fight scene for Troy… as Achilles.
kJXvg TIL of Pythagorean Triple Square Day. This occurs once per century on 9/16/25. The square roots of those numbers make up the Pythagorean triple of 3^2+4^2=5^2.