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TIL that Australia is the only continent where venomous snakes actually outnumber the non-venomous ones

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P15BG TIL that on average, a drunk driver will drive under the influence 80 times before their first arrest.
wA6 TIL: There are Cat Cafés in Japan and Taiwan where people can pay hourly to play with cats and have drinks!
PYayG TIL Benjamin Franklin designed the first American penny called the Fugio Cent. The coin was engraved with a sundial and the words "Mind Your Business".
1N8d TIL the universe is bigger than it is old. The universe (93 billion light-years in diameter) is much larger than the distance light could traveled during 13.8 billion years since the big bang.
KGaG TIL mathematician Zachary Harris hacked into Google’s email system and sent a e-mail phishing attack to Larry Page from Sergey Brin’s e-mail account. All because he noticed a flaw in an e-mail sent from Google offering him a job and thought it was a test. It wasn’t.