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TIL that in Sydney, Australia, wealthy and poor suburbs are separated by a line of chicken restaurants called the "Red Rooster Line"

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xa1D TIL that when Einstein died in 1955, a small notebook containing his calculations were found. The notebook has been posted online for everyone to see.
xX6o TIL wild monkeys can be seen on the Silver River in Florida.
YpP7W TIL in May 1980, after blood tests found a significant portion of Love Canal residents suffered chromosome damage from toxic waste buried under their homes, homeowners, upset over lack of federal action, held two EPA officials hostage. This action spurred the federal Superfund program to be passed.
nmBG TIL an architect tricked China into building a giant dong
e0Kgn TIL that wax worms can eat and break down one of the most common plastics, polyethylene. Their digestive process breaks the plastic's chemical bond, producing an organic compound.