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

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P1Y0g TIL Lenora Cazalet, daughter of Jeeves author PG Wodehouse, died after minor gynecological surgery in 1944 London because a German V1 rocket fell near the hospital and overwhelmed them with casualties so no one responded to Lenora's overnight call button pleas to stem her post-op bleeding.
EGjw TIL that the Andromeda galaxy is larger than the moon in the sky, but it is usually too dim to see.
awXAb TIL water is diamagnetic. If you have enough salt in the water and put a magnet near close by it, it will push the water.
awaWo TIL that if you catch a home run ball from the visiting team at Wrigley Field you are expected to throw it back
mxBXP TIL of the Plain Writing Act (2010), which states all US legislation must be written in clear, concise, and simple writing that everyday folk can understand