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TIL that Anytime Fitness is the first franchised company to have locations on all 7 continents including Antarctica.

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6EADJ TIL that the bodies on display in "Bodies: The Exhibition" were likely not donated voluntarily. They are believed to be the remains of executed prisoners.
BPKL TIL that the English language went through a period where the sound of long vowels changed dramatically, it is known as the Great Vowel Shift and it happened ca. 1350 to 1600.
oBbJL TIL that after the popularity of superhero comics waned in the late 40s, Captain America comics were rebranded as “Captain America: Commie Smasher” from 1953-1954
kJ7Wg TIL After the Osama Bin Laden raid the US Military used an early form of AI to analyze the recovered media and prevent imminent terror attacks.
wL7D7 TIL about the book 'Comfort women of the Empire', by a korean historian who was the first to interview the Korean comfort women for the japanese army.