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TIL Norway owns an uninhabited frozen island located halfway between Africa and Antarctica.

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wLWVJ TIL that cigarette filters were designed with color-changing chemicals to give the illusion that they filter out toxins. In reality, the filters have little to no health benefits.
wGl6 TIL the first stage of Saturn V was fueled by kerosene, produced 215 million horsepower, and got 5 inches to the gallon
awnmZ TIL actor Bill Skarsgård (Pennywise in “It”) stayed in character so authentically while on set that when a group of (kid) extras met him for the first time, some got terrified and started to cry in the midst of the take. When filming cut, Skarsgård apologized to them, “Hey, I’m sorry, it’s pretend”.
grjO8 TIL in 1945 after a compulsory viewing of a film on the holocaust, 1000 German POWs at Camp Butner burned their German uniforms in disgust
ZpDPY TIL that autism is 4 times more likely in men than women, according to an analysis of 54 studies and over 13 million participants