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l7lG7 TIL that King Edward Point, the capital of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, is the smallest capital in the world by population, having a population of between 12 and 22, depending on the season.
pYYdO TIL the asteroid impact that caused the dinosaur extinction set 70% of the world's forests on fire, caused tsunamis that rose to a height of 300ft (100m), and ejected 25 trillion metric tons of debris into the atmosphere that reduced sunlight by up to 90% for a decade.
9VLX TIL a Hiroshima policeman went to Nagasaki to teach police about ducking after the atomic flash. As a result of this timely warning, not a single Nagasaki policeman died.
m0by TIL New York composer Sung Jin Hong plans to write an opera on the series Breaking Bad
0wvEM TIL the American Pygmy Shrew has to eat three times its weight daily to survive, which means capturing prey every 15-30 minutes, day and night, and thus only ever sleeps a few minutes at a time.