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TIL of a huge sunken land-mass in the Pacific Ocean, dubbed Zealandia. It was spied from space, and scientists favor it being formally recognized as the 8th continent, of which New Zealand is it's only visible portion.

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WP1d TIL you’re not supposed to heat up the styrofoam cup of noodles in the microwave when cooking because it releases more of the BPA chemical found in styrofoam.
9YrWG TIL - Michael Schumacher donated $10m in aid after the Indian Ocean Tsunami. This surpassed the amount given by any other individual, sports team/league, corporation, and even some countries. Schumacher's bodyguard Burkhard Cramer, and Cramer's two sons, were killed in the tsunami.
OQgg TIL in a Playboy interview, John Wayne said “Our so-called stealing of this country from (Native Americans) was just a matter of survival. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.”
LM10 TIL that when photographer Yousef Karsh took a photo of Winston Churchill, Yousef took the cigar straight from Churchills mouth and took the photo. This was the grumpy result.
j6dXE TIL of Dr. Benjamin Spock, a pediatrician whose 1946 book "Baby and Child Care" is one of the best-selling books of the twentieth century. His then unconventional advice to parents to show affection to their children and to see them as individuals revolutionized how parents raised their children.