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TIL there is a Lake Disappointment in Australia. It was named by an explorer who followed creeks to it hoping for a freshwater source, but found a saltwater lake instead.

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6EWmm TIL that Twinkies switched from their original banana cream filling to their now standard vanilla cream filling due to the rationing of bananas during WW2.
MkBK TIL the term “Caucasian,” was first used in 1785 by a German Philosopher to designate what he deemed “attractive” races. All “unattractive races” were called “Mongolians.”
1aXLP TIL the CIA may have written Winds of Change by Scorpions to fell communism.
neeJB TIL if a daddy longlegs loses one leg to a predator, it then walks with a 'strot' where it dribbles its body on the ground like a basketball with every stride. If it loses two legs, it turns to 'bobbing,' where the vertical plane of movement becomes pronounced
4kkGJ TIL that the deepest swimming pool in the world has a depth of 60 m (200 ft) and holds 14 million liters (3.7 million gallons) of water, about as much as 6 Olympic-sized swimming pools. It is called Deep Dive Dubai.