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TIL 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice that is 1 mile thick

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rR8jo TIL out of the 1000 oldest companies in the world, more than half of them come from Japan.
9v6p TIL Johnny Cash’s hit “A Boy Named Sue” was written by famed American author Shel Silverstein.
p8Pl4 TIL that a dog in Mexico named Frida saved the lives of 12 people who were trapped under rubble due to earthquakes. She identified a total of 52 bodies during her career and is considered a national heroine in Mexico. She is now officially retired.
Y7vev TIL that the acronym RMS stands for Royal Mail Ship. Originally, it was "Royal Mail Steamer," signifying that the Titanic was hired to transport mail. The Postal Museum's collection of plans below illustrates the location of the Post Office and Mail Room, which were located on decks.
p8Wmb TIL that a 'creole' is a stable language developed from mixing other languages together suddenly (no, not just French/English - any pair of languages), while a 'pidgin' is simplified bridging language between two languages.