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TIL Koala bears can get Chlamydia!

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e96n TIL an 82 year old woman in Kansas is regularly harassed by the FBI, police, IRS and others just because she lives in the central point of the US. Her property is automatically noted as the default location for 600 million IP addresses, including many used by online scammers.
xVRe0 TIL Brad Fiedel, when composing the now-iconic score for The Terminator, accidentally programmed his musical equipment to the unusual time signature of 13/16 instead of the more conventional 7/8. Fiedel found that he liked the "herky-jerky" "propulsiveness" of the signature and decided to keep it.
rbRw TIL that the song “Bring Me To Life” by Evanescence initially charted on Christian rock charts because its lyrics were interpreted as a call for new life in Jesus Christ by several listeners.
ADmL7 TIL that you should wait 72 hours after it rains to swim in the ocean. Storm runoff that empties into the ocean carries increased levels of contaminants, like bacteria, fertilizers, and sewage. Swimming in the ocean too soon can increase your risk of various infections.
0dEbj TIL Kaninhoppning (lit. Bunny Hopping) Is the Rabbit Version of Show Jumping