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TIL it’s possible that Arabs traded with Australia long before Europeans arrived there.

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AD89x TIL the human body emits light as an energy called biophotons (unrelated to visible bioluminescence).
7rXdP TIL that Roman soldiers (that survived battle) actually had longer lives than the average Roman citizen due to the implementation of medical units in their legions.
9KjB TIL France is the only country in Europe to be completely self-sufficient in basic food production.
0dbOp TIL there's a millipede named after Taylor Swift. The leader of the team who discovered it named it as such for two reasons: 1. Taylor Swift's music helped him through graduate school and, 2. the millipede is only found in Tennessee which is Taylor Swift's home state.
j6Vv TIL Globs of white blood cells rained down upon a town in washinton causing residents to fall ill.