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TIL the north pole of Mars is surrounded by a flat and featureless lowland, several kilometers lower the mean height of the planet, called Vastitas Borealis

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Y71vr TIL Will Wright created the game "The Sims" after losing his home during the Oakland firestorm of 1991. Replacing his home and his other possessions made him think about adapting that life experience into a game.
RKe1 TIL The Senator responsible for a 40 hr workweek originally wanted 30 hrs
9Y8Zp TIL of an apocalyptic town in Pennsylvania that had to be condemned and evacuated to a near ghost-town because of an underground coal mine fire accidentally lit in 1962. The underground fire still burns to this day, and could burn for another 250 years.
R5oOj TIL in 2014, a girl named Charlotte wrote a letter to Lego, expressing her concern about the lack of female Lego characters. In response, Lego released a new collection called the 'Research Institute', which featured female scientists. The collection was a huge success and sold out within a week.
7rGnb TIL that as a child, actor Michael Berryman would be teased because of his appearance (he was born with hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, leaving him with no sweat glands, hair, fingernails or teeth). He would "go to the parents and say your children are brats and tell them they were bad parents".