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TIL that the first ever contestant voted out of survivor died of suicide a few weeks after leaving the show

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njNP TIL that despite the extreme cold in Antartica, there is a portion of it at it’s center that has no ice. This is due to a “dry valley” instance where precipitation does not enter (and thus no ice is created).
Z8ngR TIL that Johnny Marks, the man who wrote famous Christmas songs like Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, Rockin around the Christmas tree, and Holly Jolly Christmas, was Jewish.
lGa7 TIL in 1986, Silo ran an advertisement for a stereo system that cost “299 bananas”. Costumers took this literally, costing the store $10,465.
ojAE TIL that a US passport effectively expires 6 months before its actual expiration date, banning travelers from entering many countries
p8RY4 TIL a Scottish man fasted for 382 days, living on vitamin supplements and non-caloric beverages. He was morbidly obese, weighing 456 pounds, and lost 276 pounds. The fast was monitored by doctors, who detected no ill-effects. He never regained the weight. It was the longest recorded fast in history.