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TIL there are two ATM machines in all of Antarctica (at the McMurdo Station), but only one of them works. The 'broken' one is only there to "cannibalize, if you will, for parts or spare things that they need to make the other one live and operational."

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R7807 TIL that cheating is so acceptable in China that the people will riot if not allowed to do so. Over 2000 people barricaded school staff while chanting "There is no fairness if you do not let us cheat" after students were confiscated of their cheats.
rNBVd TIL that there is an X-men character named Doop who looks like a floating green potato with arms and has a close bond with Wolverine. He has almost unlimited powers but is pretty lazy and likes to party.
rRVOe TIL that ACHOO, or Autosomal-dominant Compulsive Helio-Ophthalmic Outbursts of sneezing) is a genetic condition that causes people to sneeze when they emerge from dark into sunlight or when they turn to face the sun directly.
dxXZ TIL that the phrase “You’ve got guts” originated from the American Civil War era during which over 211,000 soldiers were diagnosed with chronic diarrhea. Because of its frequency, the expression arose that a man “had to have good guts to be a good soldier.”
xLW0 TIL of Blissymbolics, an unspoken, written language that was invented as an easy to learn form of communication for use between people of all languages