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TIL in 1938 William Cooper led a delegation of the Australian Aboriginal League to the German Consulate in Melbourne to hand over a petition protesting the “cruel persecution of the Jewish people by the Nazi government of Germany.” 70 years later Israel planted 70 trees in remembrance of the protest

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WXWY TIL Floating cities above the clouds of Venus may be our best bet for becoming a two-planet species. Conditions there are so similar to Earth a human wouldn’t need a pressurized-suit, the gravity is similar and transit times are shorter than to Mars.
x6Nvk TIL that because all US banknotes are the same size, making telling them apart hard-to-impossible for the blind, the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing provides an electronic device (the iBill Currency Identifier) that can identify the value of the bills free of charge.
E1KLp TIL a man's testicles produce over 10 million new sperm cells each day, enough to repopulate the entire planet in only six months.
Oo9og TIL about Carlos Kaiser, who managed to have a nearly 20-year career as a professional football (soccer) player despite rarely playing and never scoring. He faked injuries or got himself ejected to avoid having to play but still became a fan favorite. “Life,” he said, “is marketing.”
wL8oP TIL Kid Rock isn’t from a trailer park. His birth name is Robert James Ritchie and he’s the son of an affluent car dealership owner and grew up on a six-acre ranch tending to horses 40 miles outside Detroit