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TIL There is a large pipe embedded in the ice in Antarctica that allows you to see under the ice without getting wet.

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kBgW TIL that between 1885 and 1887 Alfred Barnard visited every working whisk(e)y distillery in Great Britain and Ireland. He went on to publish a 500 page book: “The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom,” one of the definitive texts on whisky. Two years later did the same thing for breweries.
xVokk TIL Horses killed more people in Australia between 2000 and 2013 than all venomous animals combined. Spiders were not responsible for any deaths during that time.
grAry TIL When Emma Stone registered for the Screen Actors Guild, her real name "Emily Stone" was already taken, so she decided on the name "Emma" in honor of Emma Bunton, AKA Baby Spice of the Spice Girls.
NMm1 TIL that in Norway, income and wealth are public record, easily viewable online
NM1b TIL Student debt in America now exceeds $1 Trillion.. that is even greater than the nation’s credit card debt!