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TIL the city of Melbourne, Australia has more skyscrapers (150m+) than the entirety of Texas or California

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JYRlk TIL that some people can voluntarily control the tensor tympani, a muscle within the ear. Contracting these muscles produces vibration and sound. The sound is usually described as a rumbling sound.
8a7BX TIL that George Lamson, Jr., the sole survivor of a 1985 plane crash, reaches out to all the other sole survivors of major airline crashes- of which there are only a dozen or so worldwide- to create a support group that addresses their unique experiences and trauma.
DVBV TIL that there is a surviving fantasy novel written in the 2nd century AD that features explorers flying to the moon, a first encounter with aliens, interplanetary war between imperialistic celestial kingdoms, and the discovery of a continent across the ocean
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jDBj TIL that despite being an icon of fiscal conservatism, Ronald Reagan actually tripled the Gross Federal Debt, from $900 billion to $2.7 trillion during his administration.