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TIL There's a shark-infested golf course in Australia

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MQxb TIL that the largest solar energy plant in the world may create a number of safety hazards once it is up and running. Critics have argued that it would be powerful enough to vaporize birds, blind drivers miles away, flip small airplanes, and attract Air Force heat-seeking missiles.
e0npk TIL that Planet Earth series has almost no authentic audio. Most of the sounds you hear are audio library effects or tailor-made studio sounds added on the editing table.
88V8 TIL that the guy that made John 3:16 famous on TV ended up in prison for taking a maid hostage proclaiming the end of the world.
lorAK TIL In 2011 it came to light a forger had fooled one of NYC's most elite art galleries into selling $80M worth of fake art despite the forger misspelling Jackson Pollock in the signature (dropped the "c", whoops!) and using paint that was not available at the time the painting was allegedly painted
O6v1 TIL someone beat The Price is Right. After spotting the patterns, Terry Kneiss got on the show, and won by guessing prices to the dollar.