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TIL Antarctica has a fire department. It’s needed because Antarctica is dry, windy, not much water to put out a fire, and death for people without shelter.

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16kk7 TIL that Everlast is the stage name of a solo artist, not a band, and be used to be in House of Pain.
mA9x TIL five teens who defaced a historic black schoolhouse in Virginia with racist graffiti were sentenced by a judge to read and write reports on 35 books by authors such as Elie Wiesel, Khaled Hosseini, and Maya Angelou. They were also ordered to visit the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC.
DQ50p TIL about the War of the Bucket. It was fought in 1325 between the rival city-states of Bologna and Modena, in Italy. A common myth surrounding the war is that it was caused by the Modenese stealing a bucket from a Bolognese well. Modena won the Battle of Zappolino, the only battle of the war
DNjD TIL that in 1951, MGM owed the dog who played Lassie $40,000 in back pay. Not planning any more Lassie movies, MGM instead gave the rights to the Lassie trademark to the dog’s trainer, who spun it off into a TV show that ran for 19 seasons.
RPm1 TIL that Plan B doesn’t work on women weighing over 176Lb (79Kg) or after ovulation.