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TIL Ball’s Pyramid is the tallest volcanic stack in the world.

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e08xn TIL The exclamation "Yee-haw" was invented by Hollywood. It may have come from the terms to lead a team of horses right (gee) and left (haw).
pYyMQ TIL that Haff Disease is unexplained rhabdomyolysis (muscle breakdown) within 24 hours of eating fish. The cause is thought to be an unidentified poison.
165PP TIL if a member of the French Foreign Legion is wounded in battle, they can immediately apply for French citizenship under a provision known as, "Français par le sang versé" ("French by spilled blood").
PYB1G TIL That the continent of Antarctica was originally going to be called Australia, until the colonial authorities in Sydney took the name for their continent. After that Antarctica had no official name for over 80 years until the 1890s. It was just referred to as the Antarctic Continent.
R7pJ1 TIL catnip is safe for dogs, calms them down (opposite effect of cats), and provides many health benefits to them.