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TIL That Antarctica is approximately 1.5 times larger than the United States.

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p80wb TIL honeybees that falls into water does not necessarily drown. Although they are not strong enough to free themselves from water directly (and their wings are too sticky when wet), they can use their wings to “surf” to safety at the edge of the pond,
rVAW TIL that when Coca-Cola wanted to raise the price of the drink in the 1950s, they avoided moving to a price that required the use of more than a single coin (5¢), so they created vending machines where one in every nine bottles was empty so some people would have to pay 10¢ to get a drink
xb8g TIL in 2006, VH1 Classic ran fundraiser for Hurricane Katrina relief in which viewers could donate $25 to see the music video of their choice. One viewer donated $35, 000. Their choice? ‘99 Luftballoons’. For an hour.
ADMJx TIL; Alice Cooper used to babysit Keanu Reeves.
nened TIL that a "nickelodeon" was an early type of small movie theater that cost a nickel