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TIL there's no rabies in Australia

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ZebG TIL a UK judge ordered a criminal to be released as at a height of 7'2" he was too big for prisons.
yVAOa TIL how criminals launder money
QJm1e TIL of Magawa, an African giant pouched rat who helped clear landmines left over from the Cambodian civil war from over 225,000 square metres of land. He was capable of sniffing out the TNT in explosives, and could work much faster than humans since he was too light to detonate the mines.
BrRox TIL that the largest number of graves of any cemetery for U.S. personnel killed during World War II is located in Manila, Philippines. It has 17,206 graves. 16,636 of which were U.S. personnel. #MemorialDay
8YeX TIL that the first programmer for the ENIAC was Jean Bartik, who learned to program the computer with no manual and only by looking schematic diagram as she did not have the clearance to see the computer.