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TIL that there is a Geocache hidden aboard the International Space Station. So far, only one person has found it.

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woGV1 TIL Between 1975 and 2010, the population of India doubled to 1.2 billion, reaching the billion mark in 2000. India overtook China to become the most populous country at the end of April 2023. India's population stands at slightly over 1.428 billion, edging past China's 1.425 billion people.
9wKxD TIL New evidence suggests that crusaders rode horses that were the size of modern ponies.
ne5Y9 TIL that millions of years ago, antarctica used to be a temperate rainforest
xVDnB TIL a surgeon named John Bradmore was released from prison to extract an arrowhead from young Henry V's skull. He invented an extractor to remove the bodkin (5 in. deep) and healed the wound with honey and wine.
jNVoQ TIL Some tree species have “crown shyness” when the uppermost branches don’t touch the nearby trees resulting in gaps that resemble channels or zig-zagging.