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TIL there are more Wikipedia articles on Antarctica than all but one of the African countries

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Zp0yo TIL that Dynamite isn't a nickname for TNT, but is in fact a completely different explosive.
pYeGZ TIL of the Dutch nurse Lucia de Berk, who was falsely convicted of killing 4 children under her care. She spent 6 years in jail before she was exonerated.
R71YQ TIL that as the Queen of Jamaica, Elizabeth II is referred to as "Missis Queen" or "The Queen Lady"
7r9L7 TIL in one Simpsons episode, Homer coats his mouth in hot wax in order to eat hot peppers. Fox censors sent a note to writers, asking that he scream in pain to stop kids watching from copying him. No scream was added; instead dialogue from Ralph Wiggum questioning Homer on his action was used.
8oVV TIL of a black New York pastor in 1947 who decided to travel to Alabama in a turban and with a fake accent, posing as a foreign dignitary. His disguise allowed him in white-only areas, and he was treated with little discrimination.