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TIL that there's a pool of water in Antarctica that's so salty it won't freeze even if temperatures reach 50 degrees below zero.

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M7wL7 TIL that during WWII, a German fighter pilot named Franz Stigler refused to shoot down a badly damaged American bomber, instead escorting it to safety. He and the American pilot, Charlie Brown, became friends decades later.
9JxB TIL American prisons produce: 100% of all military helmets, ammunition belts, bullet proof vests, 93% of domestically used paints, 36% of home appliances, 21% of office furniture, which allows America to compete with factories in Mexico.
NXG5M TIL that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was informed of Osama Bin Laden’s death before the rest of th world found out. Johnson also made a tweet where he stated that he was proud to be an American, 45 minutes before Bin Laden’s death was announced by the White House.
O8WL TIL Eiichiro Oda the creator of the Manga One Piece originally planned it to last 5 years, but it has gone for 16 years and is nowhere near done.
BgQ5k TIL that by 1965, boxing legend Sugar Ray Robinson became broke, having spent all of the $4 million he made during his career. When honored with a huge trophy after his final fight, he was so poor that there was not a piece of furniture in his apartment that was strong enough to support it.