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TIL that Uluru is taller than both the Eiffel Tower and the Chrysler Building

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MeeV TIL 87 people drowned during the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth.
naaB TIL that US authorities have had the right to access emails that have been stored on a server for up to 180 days without a warrant, since 1986.
6EKlY TIL the microstate of San Marino has the oldest constitution still being used. It was ratified in 1600, and the US Constitution is the oldest for a sovereign country, and it was ratified on June 21, 1788.
JYR4V TIL that there are no squirrels in Australia
Z8wRR TIL that when falconers want to breed falcons, they wear special sex hats with pockets to catch falcon semen. Birds reared by humans often sexually imprint on the falconer. The sex hat encourages the falcon to copulate with the falconers head and collects its sperm for artificial insemination.