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TIL the Nautilus traveled under North Pole, and let us all know for certain no land is up there

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LQwQ TIL that in Korea, there are cat cafes where you can go to drink coffee and hang out with cats for hours.
j6ggR TIL that during the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack, U.S. pilots George Welch and Kenneth Taylor took off in P-40 fighters under fire and shot down at least six Japanese aircraft. They were among the first American pilots to engage enemy planes in World War II.
EgMvX TIL that in the UK fees for school trips are voluntary, and the school is not allowed to stop your child going if you don't/can't pay
xb87 TIL that there is an Egyptian sculpture which bears a striking resemblance to Michael Jackson at the Field Museum in Chicago (pic)
kOLNE TIL Stan Lee and Jack Kirby intended the Hulk to be gray. But the printing press kept having trouble with the Hulk's color and he kept coming out green. So he only spent the first few issues of his comic being gray.