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TIL all Australian doctors who plan to stay in Antarctica during the winter must have their appendix removed in case of an unexpected rupture.

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JYJ5m TIL that the chunks of ice that break off of icebergs are officially called "bergy bits"
awWL0 TIL Miles Davis played his cover of David Crosby's "Guinnevere" for Crosby at the former's home before releasing it, and Crosby didn't recognize any resemblance between Davis's version and his composition. Davis got offended and kicked him out of his house.
D1ZJY TIL The Sound of Music is not completely accurate to the history of the Von Trapp family. The marriage of Maria and Georg was for practical reasons, rather than actual love for one another. Maria wrote, "I really and truly was not in love," but later acknowledged that she enjoyed a happy marriage.
w1w6 TIL that Stanley Kubrick was interested in directing a film adaption of Arthur C Clark’s Childhoods End, but the rights were already taken, so he ended up collaborating with Clark on expanding a short story, The Sentinel into what became 2001: A Space Odyssey
4XVMR TIL That There is a Mysterious "Hum" in Parts of the World That Only Certain Members of the Population Can Hear.