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TIL Antarctica has its own English accent, with over 200 words for different types of ice.

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9wlXQ TIL San Diego State University retained the team name Aztecs but changed its mascot name from "Aztec Warrior" to "Spirit Leader" in 2018 following an investigation by an Aztec Identity Task Force.
BgV7W TIL of Pancho Claus, a “Tex-Mex” cousin of Santa Claus, that gives out toys to kids in Hispanic neighborhoods out of his low rider.
E1wax TIL that a study conducted in 195 countries, over a 26-year period, concluded that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption. The researchers admitted that moderate drinking may protect against heart disease, but found that the risk of cancer and other diseases outweighs these protections
78kV7 TIL:Over 50 years ago, Alan B. Shepard Jr. played a game of golf that was "out of this world." Almost 240,000 miles away from Earth, Shepard hit two golf balls on the surface of the moon.
OGe5g TIL that after WWI, Germany was forced to pay reparations that totaled $269 billion in today's money. The debt was so crushing that they made their last payment on October 3, 2010, 92 years after the Treaty of Versailles.