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TIL There is a Catholic church in Antarctica made entirely out of permanent ice built by Argentina in 1979.

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MeJn8 TIL that Qantas transported a jet engine on a 747
1LDP TIL in 1915 Ford had a “Sociological Department” tasked with ensuring workers lived/consumed in healthy and rational ways, “to better the financial and moral standing of each employee…to instill courage and a desire for health, happiness and prosperity…to take away fear and worry”
XExPD TIL about the boxer crab (Lybia tessellata), which carries poisonous sea anemones around in its claws as deadly weapons to punch its prey with.
W7VXX TIL Quixotic comes from Don Quixote
kjNg TIL In 1980 after a simple miscalculation, a drilling company accidentally punctured the roof of a salt mine on Lake Peigneur, draining 2.5 million gallons in less than 3 hours. The whirlpool was so strong it sucked barges to the bottom and reversed the Gulf of Mexico.