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TIL there is a permanent settlement on Antartica other than a research base, called Villa Las Estrellas.

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B77y TIL The hit song “Blinded by the Light” was written by and originally recorded by Bruce Springsteen, who made it by going through a rhyming dictionary and looking for rhymes and ended up being unsuccessful, but was covered by Manfred Man and became a #1 hit.
OXJa TIL 32% of home buyers in the United States are Millennials, more than any other generation of home buyers (including baby boomers)
QJwkd TIL the Earth's atmosphere extends well past the moon.
5V7VQ TIL that from the 10 biggest cities in the world (by population), only 3 are not located in Asia continent
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