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TIL Antarctica is the Driest Place on Earth

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QJBRM TIL, William Shakespeare invented or introduced over 1,700 words into the English language that we still use today.
mkYR TIL: Astronaut John Young smuggled a Corned Beef Sandwich onboard Gemini III because he was “unhappy with with the terrible-tasting space food that astronauts received”.
5Y7nn TIL it's a myth that you should fully discharge your cell phone/laptop batteries before charging - it's a holdover from the Ni-Cad chemistry era and its "memory effect", but lithium-ion batteries are at their healthiest when you use very little and charge very often
awN TIL that, after arguing, women stay angry longer than men do because it takes their autonomic nervous system longer to lower their heart rate, adrenaline levels, muscle tension, and pupil dilation- all of which the brain interprets as signs of anger.
R5Rk6 TIL - An Italian man from Milan, Xu Xiangshun (his legal Chinese name) ended up in China's countryside when he was around 3 and pretty much adopted the full Chinese peasant lifestyle. He doesn't know any Italian or have a clue about its culture.