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TIL the Earth's atmosphere extends well past the moon.

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WkXp4 TIL that importing horses was banned in Iceland in 982 by the Vikings. The ban has never been lifted.
4195 TIL that surgeon Robert J. White transplanted the head of a monkey onto the body of another monkey, the monkey could still hear, smell, taste, eat and follow objects with its eyes and lived for nine days.
R76xw TIL that the CDC is based in Atlanta because it was started to fight malaria in the South. It did this by spraying homes (inside and outside) with DDT and draining wetlands. Starting in 1946, malaria was eradicated in the US by 1951.
xV4b0 TIL that the seminole wars began because assimilated seminoles were harboring self liberators who took refuge in florida (page 3)!
5kA9 TIL Tom Marvolo Riddle’s name had to be translated into 68 languages, while still being an anagram for “I am Lord Voldemort”, or something of equal meaning.