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

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rwe0 TIL women in New Zealand gained the right to vote in 1893, the first independent country to do so in modern times.
KOMdQ TIL Anatoly Moskvin, a Russian necropolist, was arrested in 2011 for having the mummified remains of 26 young girls in his apartment. His parents, who shared an apartment with him, confused them for large dolls as he had dressed them up and mummified them himself.
BKNb TIL of a Cynic named Diogenes who had no regard for wealth or honor. He was once sitting outside when Alexander the Great approached and asked if he wanted anything; he replied, “yes, stand a little out of my sun.” The awestruck king said “truly if I were not Alexander, I would wish to be Diogenes.”
7vDb TIL that “Margaritaville” singer Jimmy Buffett appeared in the movie Jurassic World as a fleeing park goer, carrying two margaritas in his hands as he fled.
rRyYe TIL in reference to Donald Duck’s nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Disney's archivist Dave Smith, in "Disney A to Z", said, "Note that the brightest hue of the three is red (Huey), the color of water, dew, is blue (Dewey), and that leaves Louie, and leaves are green."