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Mar 26, 2020

TIL champion shearer Ian Elkins answered a call put out by RSPCA Australia when a heavily overgrown merino sheep was spotted by a bushwalker. Merino sheep, bred to grow wool, may get infections/flystrike if not shorn; about 80 pounds of fleece was shorn from "Chris" the sheep, a world record.

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Mar 25, 2020

TIL Scientists discovered what they think are the world's oldest biological colours - they are bright pink. The pigments were discovered after researchers crushed 1.1billion year old rocks in the marine shale deposit beneath the Sahara desert.

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Jan 07, 2020

TIL that a fan infiltrated the backstage area of an Australian band by claiming he was related to a bandmember and fooling a security guard by editing the bands wiki page and listing himself as family. After a 5-minute wait, he met the band.

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Oct 03, 2019

TIL that in 2009, Tasmanian opium farmers discovered circles and patterns in their crops. It turns out it was wallabies getting high and bouncing around in circles.

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May 27, 2019

TIL of the Magpie; a common and ferociously territorial bird that will divebomb and deliver painful pecks to the heads, necks, and faces of people that pass by their nests. This is just a part of life in Australia, necessitating countermeasures such as makeshift spikes worn on helmets.

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