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TIL The US has as many veterans as Australia has people

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kO6X1 TIL Venus Flytrap s only appear naturally on the coasts of NC, and SC; all within the 60 mile (100km) radius of Wilmington, NC
R7DX1 TIL There's a museum that has the world's largest collection of the world's smallest versions of the world's largest things.
LkYBP TIL China is banned from the international space station
Brn6D TIL that summer in Japan is considered the season for ghost stories/spooky events and has the same eerie resonance as Halloween does for the U.S. The tradition comes from the Buddhist festival of the dead (Obon) which takes place in summer.
oB4Ar TIL that aspirin can be fatal to dogs, and that Benadryl can safely be used as an over-the-counter tranquilizer for dogs.