Post * VMayD — Curious Curator

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TIL that the sheet of ice that covers most of Antarctica is, on average, a mile thick or more (1.6 km), comprising 90% of the world's ice and more than 70% of its fresh water.

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Z8Opp TIL that following an injury from a 2009 NHL playoff game Nicklas Lidstrom underwent surgery to remove a testicle. He returned to play in the finals less than a week later.

4v0a TIL that scientists have found a complete skull from a human ancestor believed to be 1.8 million years old. Known as Skull 5, the skull is entirely intact and has a long face, large teeth and a small brain case.

x61W0 TIL King James the First liked to play tennis. He knocked so many balls off the court and down an old drain leading from the abbey that he ordered for the passage to be blocked. 3 days later, assassins arrived to kill him. He tried to escape through the passage but it was blocked and he was murdered

ZryR TIL William Bradford, governor of Plymouth Colony, was a year old when his father died so he was sent to live with his grandfather, who died two years later so he was sent to live with his mother, she died one year later.

wLrN6 TIL that during WW2 Japanese people were fully convinced that American soldiers were devils that 'devoured women and babies'; so they jumped off cliffs to kill themselves and avoid being captured.