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TIL that Antarctica was not discovered until 1820

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8R08 TIL that the US airforce dropped pamphlets in Hiroshima warning people of the bombing
J1R9V TIL that the dinosaur Cryolophosaurus has been nicknamed "Elvisaurus", due to a nasal crest on top of its skull that gives it a "pompadour" appearance.
EL8x TIL the 31st Vice President of the United States, Charles Curtis, had considerable Native American ancestry and even spoke Kansa, the native tongue of the Kaw tribe.
JEVm TIL Earth is believed to be home to approximately one trillion species, with only a fraction of one percent actually documented.
XLaX TIL that an asthmatic boy died in a severe asthma attack because the school forbid asthma inhalers; while the boy was dying, the inhalers sat in a safe at the principal’s office.