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TIL it rarely ever snows in Antarctica. The snow there has been accumulated over many years and the temperature never rises enough to melt it.

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KOgn4 TIL in 1854 Commodore Perry gifted 110 gallons of American Whiskey to the Japanese emperor. That gift has since evolved into a $6 billion industry, with Japan's Suntory distillery winning 2015's World Whisky of the Year. Today, Suntory owns Jim Beam.
P1OdO TIL Kenny G's recording "Going Home" is a mega-hit in China, played at the end of TV broadcasts and during the closing of shopping malls, food courts, and train stations to symbolize finishing one's activity and wrapping up for the day.
wAno TIL that Dr. Donald Unger won an Ig Nobel Award in medicine after systematically cracking the knuckles on his left hand and not his right hand for 60 years, demonstrating that knuckle cracking does not cause arthritis.
78RZb TIL the founders of Outback Steakhouse intentionally decided not to visit Australia, as they were concerned that having too much authenticity would confuse customers
d8L19 TIL that Michael King changed his name to Martin Luther King Sr. after a 1934 trip to Berlin where he witnessed the rise of Nazism. In addition to the murder of his famous son in 1968, another son died from drowning in 1969, and his wife was murdered in 1974.