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TIL teflon is the only substance geckos cannot stick to.
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TIL that Vostok Station in Antarctica, with an average temperature of -55.2°, and where the coldest-ever natural temperature was recorded, is one of Earth's sunniest places, with more annual hours of sunshine than the sunniest places in South Africa - despite having no sunshine from May to August
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TIL that upon the archaeological discovery of Chechen-Soviet soldiers from WW2 in Ukraine, archaeologists discovered letters addressed to relatives in Chechen towns which no longer exist. Further investigation revealed the Khaibakh massacre perpetrated by Soviet forces.
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TIL I learned that there was a man who could eat so much that he was once expelled from a hospital under suspicion of eating an entire toddler.
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TIL same-sex marriage is not legal in any Asian country, and is only legal in one African country (South Africa)
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TIL that Norman Mineta’s baseball bat was confiscated when he was sent to a Japanese American internment camp as a boy. As a Congressman, he was sent a $1500 bat, which he had to send back, as it exceeded a price limit on gifts. He was quoted as saying, “The damn government’s taken my bat again.”