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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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YOGB TIL a fan letter from a pistol expert to Ian Fleming saw the introduction of a more robust pistol for James Bond. This expert, Geoffrey Boothroyd, was then written into the novels… you’d know him as Q.
QN0Me TIL of Mathias Schenk, an 18 year old Belgian who was drafted to the German army in 1944 as a Sturmpionier (assault engineer) under threats of sending his father to the eastern front. He survived 19 knife fights and after the war travelled to Poland 32 times bringing food, clothes and diapers.
rNJKM TIL of mondegreens, a mishearing of a phrase in a way that gives it a new meaning. The national anthem of the U.S. is highly susceptible to the creation of mondegreens, as "O say can you see" has been misinterpreted as "José, can you see", and "by the dawn's early light" as "by the donzerly light"
xVJgo TIL "Catch It, Bin It, Kill It". This slogan appeared in 2007 in a goverenment campaign to promote good respiratory and helath hygiene.
AaLx TIL that Albert Einstein was asked to be the president of Israel, which he declined.