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TIL that there are Dinosaur fossils in Antarctica.

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yQJw8 TIL that if you add 250ml of ethanol to 250ml of water, you get less than 500ml of liquid. This is due to strong hydrogen bonding that draws the different molecules close together, and because ethanol interferes with any open structures in the water, causing the molecules to pack closer together.
KYEWw TIL The Loch Ness Monster has a scientific name, Nessiteras rhombopteryx. Proposed by Sir Peter Scott, it's Greek for "the Ness monster with diamond fin" but also an anagram of "monster hoax by Sir Peter S"
JrZk TIL that the word “Nonchalant” has no opposite. There’s no “chalant,” just “nonchalant.” Only the negative form of the word has found a home in English.
bem0 TIL China’s #2 most-wanted man keeps offering himself up to the Chinese Government for arrest so he can see his aging parents – but they’re ignoring him
ANW0a TIL there were still free and wild lions living in parts of Europe until the late 1800s