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TIl Australia and New Zealand have never had rabies

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5Vx8Q TIL the term leap year probably comes from the fact that a fixed date in the Gregorian calendar normally advances one day of the week from one year to the next, but the day of the week in the 12 months following the leap day will advance two days due to the extra day, thus leaping over one day.
8dLa TIL two Australians fooled officials into letting them play in an international golf tournament at North Korea’s only golf course. For five days they were treated as honored guests and taken on official visits around Pyongyang before being exposed as frauds due to their poor golfing skills.
jNOov TIL about pumapards, which are a cross between puma and a leopard
6AjX TIL that the U.S. Secret Service cracked down on fake money being used as movie props after an incident in which $1 billion in prop money was blown up during the filming of “Rush Hour 2” in Las Vegas. Some of the bills fluttered into the hands of people who later spent them.
b9Ed7 TIL that Big Bird from Sesame Street almost went on the Challenger space shuttle to teach kids about space. The reason he didn’t was because his costume was too big.