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TIL that in 2013 Metallica became the first band to play on all seven continents after performing for a group of scientists in Antartica in a show dubbed “Freeze ‘Em All”

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Y7XrA TIL that from 1263 to 1328, the Byzantine Empire were in an alliance with the Mongols
mW1E TIL Hans Island is a disputed territory between Canada and Denmark. When the Danish visit, they leave a bottle of Schnapps for the Canadians. When the Canadians visit, they leave a bottle of Canadian Club for the Danish
MeZWb TIL that caterpillars digest their entire body into a soupy liquid in their cocoon before regenerating into a butterfly from the few remaining cells.
5VWn TIL one of the earliest pioneers in parachuting was a woman named Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse, who jumped out of a perfectly good hydrogen balloon in 1799 and descended to safety 900 meters below.
JY5x4 TIL that US homes today are 1,000 square feet larger than in 1973 and living space per person has nearly doubled