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TIL that Antarctica was not discovered until 1820

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XEKy6 TIL Canonical (the people behind Ubuntu) are partners with Microsoft
Qx0a TIL the rainforest-blanketed mountain of Mabu in Mozambique was first discovered by scientists looking at Google Earth
MeW7 TIL that the fastest temperature rise was 27 °C, 49°F in 2 minutes, the fastest temperature drop was 27.2°C, 49°F in 15 minutes, and both were in South Dakota
mQR TIL That American soldiers in WW2 used the challenge “flash”, “thunder”, “welcome” because Germans could not pronounce the “th” or “w” sound appropriately
JYVg1 TIL Due to Galileo's training in Renaissance art and an understanding of chiaroscuro (a technique for shading light and dark) he quickly understood that the moon shadows he was seeing were actually mountains and craters. From his sketches, he made estimates of their heights and depths