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TIL There is almost an entire continent submerged under water

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mx0nY TIL Bobby Fischer, one of the greatest chess players of all time was issued a warrant for his arrest by the United States for playing a chess match which would ultimately be his final competitive match.
BJPL TIL when the British threatened to intervene on behalf of the Danes in the Second Schleswig War, Chancellor Bismarck simply replied “If the British Army landed in Europe, I’d get the Belgian police to arrest them”
mxZax TIL Research shows that developing resilience and fighting back against anxiety can be a matter of "unlearning learned helplessness."
nWoYW TIL about Pokémon's Porygon episode which featured a series of rapidly alternating red and blue frames that provoked epileptic seizures in hundreds of children (685 viewers – 310 boys and 375 girls). As a result of the incident, the Pokémon anime went into a four-month hiatus.
8GxZ TIL That artificial photosynthesis may one day be incorporated into all building materials.