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TIL Antarctica once had Trees.

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0G8M TIL there are 80,000 SWAT raids on American homes per year
m1L0v TIL In 1919, a nurse rejected Ernest Hemingway's affections by sending him one of the earliest notable Dear John letters, known as letters written by women to military men informing them that their relationship is over
D1PJY TIL During World War II, it was common for soldiers to keep family photos under clear grips on their 1911 pistols. They were called “Sweetheart Grips.”
vPan7 TIL that around 60,000 Australian soldiers and 3,900 New Zealand soldiers fought in the Vietnam war alongside the USA between 1962/64 -1972
XEA8r TIL Chris Pratt is one of the actors with most Lego figures of his characters in history, thanks to The Lego Movie, Guardians of the Galaxy and Jurassic World