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TIL Hawaii’s ecosystem has no seagulls

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Jm41 TIL that there’s a mountain in Australia called Mt. Disappointment. It was named such because the explorers who first reached its summit found the view to be sub par and wanted to reflect their feelings in the name they chose for the mountain.
nejAB TIL that in 2006, a man tried to sell New Zealand on E-Bay. The bid reached $3,000 before E-Bay officials shut it down.
ORrR TIL 69% of Americans have less than $1,000 in their savings accounts and 34% have no savings at all
4kX9R TIL The Beatles single “Hey Jude” was almost not released because record executives thought the vinyl label was pornographic.
mxlMy TIL a Japanese submarine was sunk in WW2 because American sailors were throwing potatoes at it