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TIL Blackbeard was only an active pirate for two years

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4Vp6 TIL in 1996, a Norwegian man became the first to cross Antarctica, 1,864 miles - coast to coast, alone and completely without support. In 2001, he completed the first solo crossing of the Arctic, from Siberia to Canada via the North Pole, in 82 days.
W7QaB TIL at one point in the development of the new Barbie movie, Barbie was going to be played by Amy Schumer — and the screenplay was to be written by her sister
M7jx0 TIL songs by 009 Sound System, such as "Dreamscape", were widely used in early YouTube videos because YouTube's AudioSwap system, which replaced copyrighted music in videos with CC-licensed music, sorted songs alphabetically by artist, placing songs by 009 Sound System at the top.
oBeo TIL Food Stamps are the best form of economic stimulus (far ahead of tax cuts)
8aJ4G TIL that a man named George Wright in 1972 hijacked a plane and disappeared. He was then on the run for 41 years until he was captured in Portugal.