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TIL There is almost an entire continent submerged under water

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gMPvW TIL the phrase “The First World War” was used as early as 1918, by a journalist who felt it would not be the last.
gg7A TIL that Superman was once bitten by Dracula, but as Superman is powered by the sun, the vampire immediately exploded.
Yp5p7 TIL if you half an Australian $10 bill, it becomes valued at $5 and is still redeemable.
DQG8j TIL MMA legend Georges St-Pierre was involved in creating the combat for the video game Sleeping Dogs
knnW TIL Coca-Cola was originally sweetened with wine. Before the wine was switched out for sugar, it was known as “Pemberton’s French Wine Coca”. It was a 1886 prohibition law enacted in Atlanta that caused its inventor, Dr. John S. Pemberton, to rewrite the formula.