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TIL scientists in Antarctica have set up a rugby pitch to play on when they want to relax. They have set up teams of American and New Zealand researchers to compete each year for the Ross Island Cup, which New Zealand have won 26 years in a row.

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kJeKE TIL that Elephant Shrews were thought related to shrews and given the name Elephant to describe their long noses. It was later found that they are more closely related to Elephants than Shrews.
DQlJ TIL Pocahontas was only 11 when she met the 28 year old John Smith
0wZ7p TIL of the Vandals, a large East Germanic tribe originating from Poland and who, fleeing from the Huns, gradually migrated to Roman territories during the fifth century. They conquered Spain and most of Northern Africa and eventually sacked and looted Rome. The word "vandalism" is named after them.
p8Ro4 TIL one of the only reasons the world got Mark Hamill's masterful performance as Luke Skywalker is because Robert Englund (of Freddy Krueger fame) happened to see auditions for A New Hope taking place and suggested to Hamill that he should audition, believing him to be perfect for the role
O67e TIL David Bowies left pupil is permanently dilated after a fight he got in when he was 15.