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TIL that there's a cattle station in Australia that is bigger than the entire country of Israel.

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PY6ZZ TIL that the unit of measurement for sausage casing is "by the hank". (1 hank = 91 meters)
N7pve TIL: The world’s oldest living rose is believed to be 1,000 years old. It grows on the wall of the Cathedral of Hildesheim in Germany and its presence is documented since A.D. 815. In 1945 allied bombers destroyed the cathedral, yet the bush survived.
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PY1bL TIL that in 2005, one sheep decided to jump over a cliff, enticing nearly fifteen hundred others to follow. Only the first 450 were killed, as the remaining animals' falls were cushioned by the dead bodies below.