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TIL that millions of years ago Antarctica was once a rainforest that dinosaurs inhabited

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YpVBZ TIL of the Gold Coast Meter Maids. Bikini-clad women on Australia's Gold Coast who would top off parking meters of parked cars in order to avoid a parking fine.
xVl8g Today I learned of Guugu Yimithirr, an Aboriginal language without words for egocentric/relative directions like "left and right." Rather its speakers are trained to keep track of pure cardinal directions. for example, saying "North leg" when referring to the left leg of an eastward facing person.
M47W TIL that the Apollo 10 lunar module is 100% intact and orbiting the sun.
j61vR TIL that on an Auschwitz concentration camp wall, a Jewish prisoner (facing indescribable abuse) carved, “If there is a god, He will have to beg for my forgiveness.”
oQ4L TIL Rich kids bragging on social media, such as Instagram, are unwittingly providing incriminating evidence for prosecutors about their parents’ fraud schemes. Cybersecurity firms say they have been using social media evidence to nail fraud and assets in up to 75 percent of their cases.