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TIL Tahiti is the surfing location for the 2024 Paris Olympics

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lnAN TIL scientists spent 3 days filling an ant colony with 10 tons of cement then spending weeks digging it out to reveal the amazingly complex designed network
WkyBL TIL that after the courts found insufficient proof against his daughter’s killer, a father hired 2 guys to kidnap the man and transport him to France. The man was found “tied up and dumped near a French courthouse.” He received 15 years in prison. Dad got a 1-year suspended sentence for kidnapping.
mxlWo TIL facing rising unprovoked shark attacks, Australia is deploying shark detecting drones above its busiest beaches. Software detection rates are 90%, while human accuracy when viewing aerial images is only about 25%.
l77K7 TIL of Sakoku, the foreign policy of the Tokugawa Shogunate, which forbade common Japanese citizens to leave the country for a period of 265 years.
4kNEJ TIL The center of mass for the Earth and the Moon is 4,671 km (2,902 mi) from Earth's center (deep underground). In contrast the center of mass for the Sun and Jupiter is just outside of the Sun.