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

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7PKp TIL that, due to California banning civilian ownership of .50 BMG rifles, Barret will not sell or service to any of California’s law enforcement agencies.
nem0W TIL many ships engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing often fly the flag of Mongolia. Being a land-locked country, Mongolia is one of the Flag of Convenience nations and has weak or no fishing regulations.
16J4 TIL: That you don’t have to be sad to be depressed
NXMAN TIL Alberta, Canada is one of only 3 places on Earth considered rat-free. There is no resident population of rats.
kAMW TIL the film ‘Back to the Future’ provides the OED’s earliest recorded example of a colloquial sense of ‘hello’, used to imply (sometimes disbelievingly or sarcastically) that the person addressed is not paying attention, has not understood something, or has said something nonsensical or foolish.