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TIL that as recently as 1992, Australia was recognised as Terra Nullius meaning nobody's land because Aboriginal Australians were considered fauna instead of human beings.

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4X8gJ TIL that President Lyndon B. Johnson owned an amphibious car which he would use to prank his guests by driving into a lake while screaming about brake failure
AD984 TIL that A 'kangaroo word' is a word that contains the letters of its own synonym, in order, like MAscuLinE, ChOCOlAte, cHickEN. And a double kangaroo word has two joey words, like Containter for CAN and TIN
e05LL TIL 85% of our old clothes end up in a landfill, equating to about 25 billion tons of textile waste annually in North America that contaminate the water and soil because most of the clothing fibers cannot biodegrade.
Ool8e TIL Bumble Bees deliberately damage plants to force them to flower early, thus providing food for them up to 30 days before the plant would naturally flower
pakG TIL there was an era in Hollywood called “Pre-Code”. A 4 year old period during which there were no virtually rules. It spawned many great, sexual and idiosyncratic films like Frankenstein and Freaks that were years ahead of their time.