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TIL Avril Lavigne & Tyga dated 2 years ago

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9w0am TIL that scientists have discovered the world's largest coral near the Pacific's Solomon Islands, measuring 34m wide, 32m long, and 5.5m high. The coral, found in October, belongs to the Pavona clavus species and is a standalone structure.
KOLna TIL that the 'Swastika' was a symbol of well-being and harmony used by Hindus, Buddhists and Jains until of course anti-Semitic nationalist groups (P.S. Nazis) decided to culturally appropriated it to an Aryan symbol to boost a sense of ancient lineage for the Germanic people.
0e7p TIL Recent Study Says Porn Sites are Safer than Normal Sites
Wkwko TIL in Spain, a thief found child pornography on some tapes he had stolen from a 64-year-old football coach, among other electrical goods. He left the incriminating tapes in an envelope for the police to find, notifying them of where he had burgled them from, leading to the coach being arrested.
v1A78 TIL the Maltese language is descended from the time of Muslim Arab control over Malta a millennium ago. The Arab language survived Christian reconquest, but disconnected from the Arab world, absorbed Italian/Sicilian/English vocabulary, evolving into Maltese today. It is written with Latin script.