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TIL the weight of Greenland's central ice sheet has actually pressed the land under it to the point where central Greenland is below sea level.

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0wDgv TIL that 100 million years ago, the Sahara Desert was inhabited by galloping crocodiles. These crocodile relatives were nicknamed BoarCroc, DuckCroc, RatCroc, DogCroc and PancakeCroc.
PY0dO TIL in English, a ‘French Exit’ is to sneak out of a party without telling anyone. In French, it’s known as ‘partir à l’anglaise’—to leave the English way.
evek TIL a study involving college students in the United States and Germany found that people who show hostility toward gay people are more likely to have same-sex desires.
eWen TIL one of the torture methods used in gulags was putting the prisoner in a dark box filled with thousands of bedbugs.
GAo05 TIL that in 1909, a toy company came up with a challenge to the popular teddy bear- Billy Possum, a stuffed possum. They were initially popular but the fad died in less than a year.