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TIL Australia has snow, ski resorts, the Australian Alps and a higher rate of hypothermia deaths than Sweden.

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70Lb TIL that 1 / 998001 gives a complete sequence from 000 to 999 in order
XEJv6 TIL that a woman died of natural causes and her free-range pet golden hamster scavanged her body to make a nest of her bones, skin and flesh.
mxYZR For his Lux Noctis series, Reuben Wu programmed a light-bearing drone (a 3DR Solo UAV carrying a Fiilex AL250 light) to follow specific paths around his subjects as he photographed them using long exposures. The results are a set of UFO-friendly vistas that feature monumental scenery illuminated in totally unnatural ways – like this shot of a rocky crest lit from above by a sci-fi halo.
oaL TIL 1 out of 255 women and 1 out of 12 men have some form of color vision deficiency. Test yourself!
VVnp TIL Carl Sagan sued Apple Computer in 1994. Apple used ‘Carl Sagan’ as an internal code for the Power Macintosh 7100. Apple lost and renamed it 'BHA’, for Butt Head Astronomer. Sagan sued again, and lost.