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TIL Earth is the only planet we know of that has techtonic plates.

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A4x4 TIL: Edgar Allen Poe’s character Richard Parker who is eaten in a shipwreck in his 1838 book. In 1884 an English ship sinks and the name of the boy who is eaten is Richard Parker.
e086b TIL that in the 1938 World Cup, Brazil were so sure of winning the semi-final against Italy that they requisitioned the only plane to Paris on the day after the match. After losing to Italy, they refused to sell them the tickets, and the Italian team had to travel from Marseilles to Paris by train
D1Rar TIL the Vatican Church owns $30 billion in Australian real estate alone. Their global real estate wealth is incalculable.
KrrB TIL for $170 per person per year, a hotel mogul turned around a rough Orlando neighborhood - cutting crime in half, multiplying property values and raising the high school graduation rate from 25% to nearly 100% by offering to pay full tuition for anyone who graduated and wanted to attend college.
6996Q TIL Danish Pastry Are Not from Denmark But Was Brought There by Austrian Bakers