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TIL in Australia, “Black Friday” refers to a series of bushfires that wiped out whole towns and killed 71 people

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e0oAb TIL Exposing the testicles to UV light will increase testosterone levels. The UV light exposure increases production in Leydig cells (the cells that produce testosterone) by an average of 200%.
nW6po TIL That most currency is contaminated by illicit drugs (mostly cocaine).
rNLMw TIL North Korea Has a State-owned Beer Brewery That Was Purchased From a British Brewery Called Ushers of Trowbridge and Renamed Taedonggang Brewery Named After the Taedong River in Pyongyang
l7EdB TIL Bald eagles are not bald, the name derives from an older meaning of the word, "white headed"
R6El TIL Stephen Colbert founded a shell corporation in Delaware named Anonymous Shell Corporation so it could be given large donations to anonymously funnel into his Super PAC, he asked FMR. FEC Chairman Trevor Potter how it was different from money laundering. Potter’s response was “It’s hard to say.”