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TIL the first documented landing on Australia by a European was around March 1606.

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x6Knw TIL that Harold Braunhut, a mail-order marketer and inventor of X-Ray Specs and Sea Monkeys, was affiliated with the Aryan Nations under the name "Hendrik von Braun." He was born and raised Jewish.
nexDr TIL that in 16th and 17th Century Denmark, merchant ship captains had to pay a toll based on the value of the goods on the ship. The value was declared by the captain. The Danish authorities could take the value based toll (1-2%) or opt to buy the cargo for the declared value.
ZpX6Y TIL that the largest piece of fossilised dinosaur poo discovered is over 30cm long and over two litres in volume and is believed to be from a Tyrannosaurus rex.
kOWkE TIL: The wooshing sound from drinking alcohol is called Tinnitus and is a result from increased blood flow to the inner ear.
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