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rRv0w TIL That Pine Nuts come from Pine Cones
woZo1 TIL the name of the Atlantic Ocean doesn't come from Atlantis, but from the Titan Atlas ("Sea of Atlas"). In fact, Atlantis's name also comes from him as "Atlas's Island".
v1Y84 TIL Mythbusters hosts Adam and Jamie built a combat robot for the show Robot Wars. It was so effective that it often sent pieces of its opponent's bodywork over the shield walls of the arena into the crowd, and after two fights the show's insurance company deemed the bot "too hazardous" to compete.
Br89k TIL British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes was the first man to walk across the entire continent of Antarctica, unsupported. He was also considered to play James Bond.
5m7r TIL that facial attractiveness tends to be more important to humans than bodily attractiveness in seeking a relationship. The one exception lies in men searching for a fling who value body over facial attractiveness.