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TIL due to minimal precipitation, Antarctica is classified as a desert. In fact, it’s the largest desert in the world.

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R7RMl TIL Bill Murray auditioned for the role of Sulley in Monsters, Inc., but the director, Pete Docter, said that when they decided to offer it to Murray, they were unable track down the elusive actor because he had replaced his team of agents with a toll free 1-800 number. They took that to mean "no".
D1VYJ TIL that the FBI supported a radical right-wing organization called the Secret Army Organization that violently attacked anti-war protesters and other left-wing groups
wmJW TIL that Morrisey (a vegetarian) ordered all bags to be checked for meat on one of his concerts in 2011. In 1985, while promoting the album Meat is Murder, Morrisey walked out of the stage after a sausage was thrown at his direction.
wLj1W TIL that in 1604 the last recorded Milky Way supernova - visible to the naked eye in daytime - was the incident that catalyzed and laid the foundation for Galileo’s understanding that earth is not the center of the universe.
GA9O5 TIL that the person who has most often performed the National Anthem at the Super Bowl is actress Marlee Matlin, who has provided ASL Sign Language translations three times.