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TIL All dogs have been banned from Antarctica since 1994

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laQG TIL in the 1970s, over 700,000 tires, held together by steel, were dumped off the coast of Florida to create an artificial reef. The steel later rusted apart, detaching the tires and causing an environmental disaster.
xeek TIL that there are between two and seventeen pyramids, and 3000 structures (the possible remains of an ancient city) still buried under the sands of Egypt.
GApO5 TIL The bald eagle’s role as a national symbol is linked to its 1782 landing on the Great Seal of the US. Charles Thomson chose the best elements of the various designs. Thomson recommended that the small, white eagle used in William Barton’s design be replaced with an American bald eagle.
788G7 TIL regular 'concussion', or mild traumatic brain injury - mTBI, may lead to chronic neurodegenerative consequences following the twisting, buckling or distortion of white matter in the brain.
nWj0W TIL that the oldest Quran manuscript was carbon dated to be around the year 568 to 645.It is called the Birmingham Quran manuscript and it is located in Birmingham University.It was most likely written during the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad.