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TIL that Antarctica has as much ice as the Atlantic Ocean has water.

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yDvV Til that if an astronaut “loses it” in space, part of the protocol is to restrain them with duck tape.
Jxpj TIL a former Governor of Arizona, aged 96, was detained by the US Border Patrol because his pacemaker set off radiation detectors.
a8V6b TIL that only Nintendo's founder knows what their name means.
7rbZM TIL Jurassic Park almost had a sequel cartoon series in 1994
rGp0 TIL that in 1964 an Israeli spy convinced the Syrians to plant trees near military fortifications so that their soldiers had some shelter against the sun. The Israeli’s used those trees as targeting markers ensuring a swift victory in the Six-Day War