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TIL that the Dutch first sighted Australia and never settled it, they described the island as a “wasteland”

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p8DEG Today I learned that "Mundial Ronaldinho Soccer 64" is actually a bootleg version of "International Superstar Soccer 64" and since I'm so used to the Ronaldinho intro the actual one seems cursed (iconic part starts at 1:06)
VMXxp TIL Pope Gregory IX condemned the black cat as an incarnation of Satan, and consequently, it was the death warrant for the animal. This worsened the Black Death a century after Gregory's time because the plague was spread by rats which were unchecked in Europe due to the decline of cat numbers.
lo5lG TIL Nara was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784 CE. The Nara Period produced some of the most important temples still in use today, including at Todaiji, the largest wooden building in the world at that time, which still houses the largest bronze statue of Buddha ever made
vPbdR Today I Learned That DNA can hold up to 455 exabytes (Or 455 MILLION gigabytes) of data!
v1DBB TIL that prostitution exists among animals. They trade sex for different objects. Penguins trade sex for stones and chimpanzees trade food.