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TIL Australia has claimed the largest territory of Antarctica

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e4Kk TIL when someone says they’re allergic to dust, they are actually allergic to the feces left behind by a house dust mite that it secreted onto the dead skin cell.
Raxl TIL Without notice or warning to Boeing executives, pilot Tex Johnson did a barrel roll with his Boeing 707 over Lake Washington in Seattle. Asked by his boss “What the hell were you doing?” Johnson responded “Selling airplanes.” He was not terminated.
lWQ5 TIL: The results from a recent study of 900 faculty members from over 371 schools nationwide show that Women are twice as likely to be hired over equally-qualified men in STEM tenure-track positions.
5YRW8 TIL several countries use modified Boeing 737's for a mixture of JSTARS, AWACS and MC2A roles, and can also carry up to four AGM-84D Harpoon missiles for anti-submarine operations
Lklbm TIL a majority of the "snakes" from the snake pit scene in Indiana Jones aren't actually snakes. The film used a species of legless lizards known as the sheltopusik.