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TIL that in 1958 the Soviets reached one of the most remote places in Antarctica where they built a cabin. When they left they placed a bust of Lenin on top of the chimney facing in the direction of Moscow, which today is now the only thing standing above the snow

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OGG9X TIL that Czechoslovakia supported Bolivia during the Chaco War in the 1930s
rRkXo TIL the first non-stop transatlantic flight happened in 1919. A modified WWI bomber with an open cockpit took off from Newfoundland, Canada with a crew of two. They almost spiraled into the ocean twice in heavy fog, had to climb onto the wings to clear ice, and landed in a bog in Connemara, Ireland.
4MMa TIL of Cookie, a cockatoo who has been a resident of the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago since it opened in 1934. He will turn 82 in this coming June.
8vAG TIL Justin Timberlake was the voice behind the McDonald’s phrase “I’m Lovin’ It” and he was paid $6 million for the song.
J1y7j TIL that Violet Jessop is called “Queen of sinking ships” and “Miss Unsinkable" as she survived three shipwrecks: RMS Olympic in 1911, RMS Titanic in 1912, HMHS Britannic in 1916 .