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TIL Liverpool's John Lennon Airport has a sculpture of a yellow submarine displayed on its premises.

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yVGpX TIL Despite being located above the Arctic Circle, the Norwegian municipality of Tromso only has a record low temperature of -18.4°C (−1.1°F) Identical to the record low temperature in the subtropical US state of Florida
vr0r TIL of Dr. Jerri Nielsen, a doctor stationed at the South Pole who diagnosed, biopsied and treated her own breast cancer during the overwinter period when the crew is normally isolated from the outside world. In complete darkness, medical equipment had to be airdropped from military aircraft.
0w0OR TIL there is a robust black market for Tide laundry soap, with drug dealers accepting it as payment and shoplifting rings finding it more lucrative and less legally risky than other illegal schemes.
yOnV TIL that according to the 1995 census, the majority of American Indians prefer the term “Indian” over “Native American” in referring to them.
QNGbE TIL Curtis Armstrong who played Booger in Revenge of the Nerds, also voiced Snot in American Dad.