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TIL that you need to have your wisdom teeth removed to go to Antarctica

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1awe4 TIL in 2008 a man bought a used car and registered it in his girlfriends name without her knowing. When they broke up one year later he parked it at Chicago’s O'Hare Airport racking up more than $100,000 in parking ticket fines in her name.
R7jb1 TIL References to Glasgow-born Sir John A Macdonald, Canada's first prime minister, have recently been removed from Scotland.org sites. References to the Sir John A Great Canadian Kilt Skate, an ice skating event in Canada funded in part by the Scottish government, have also been removed
BR4L TIL, in 1928 a Supreme Court Justice argued against wiretapping and criticized the US government for its invasion of privacy
m14AE TIL that if a child has peanut allergies, there is a good chance it is because their parents followed bad medical advice to avoid exposing them for several years after birth.
1xmW TIL in 1998 director Guillermo del Toro’s father was kidnapped and held for ransom for $1 million by Mexican bandits. Guillermo del Toro had recently invested most of his funds in the film Mimic. Good friend James Cameron gave del Toro the money, and his dad was released 72 days later.