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TIL of the band Grouplove who was the first band in the United States to be certified climate friendly

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exDE TIL There is an old soviet scientific research hut buried 20 ft. under snow in one of the most inaccessible places in Antarctica. If you can make it in the hut there is a visitors book you can sign.
VBpy8 TIL that during the American Revolution, British intelligence officer John Andre was executed as a spy. Many people, including Alexander Hamilton and the Marquis de Lafayette, respected Andre and regretted his death.
D1gQe TIL MI5 estimates there are as many Russian agents in London now as there were at the height of the Cold War.
bdg0 TIL the ‘sand mafia’ is a huge problem in India, illegally mining sand and causing permanent environmental damage.
DjjJ TIL the kindness of the allied forces accidentally killed some Holocaust survivors. Upon being liberated, the soldiers brought food to the severely emaciated survivors. The problem is people who are that emaciated can’t handle large amounts of food so quickly. It ended up killing them.