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TIL that Antarctica was not discovered until 1820

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wyb7 TIL when Richard Nixon’s secret “enemy list” was leaked to the media, journalist Daniel Schorr read the names on live TV. Not having read it before going on air, he was surprised to see his own name as number 17.
AAWg TIL that the first fatal car accident occurred in 1896, when the victim was hit by a car moving at 4 mph (6.4km/h). The coroner reported: “I trust that this sort of nonsense will never happen again.”
e0XA5 TIL Bulgaria ended up at war with everyone in 1944 by accident. Bulgaria declared war on Germany due to Soviet pressure, not knowing that the Soviets, tired of waiting, declared war on Bulgaria the same day. By the next day Bulgaria was at war with the USSR, US, UK and Germany all at the same time.
AD1kw TIL Chuck E. Cheese was founded by the same guy who co-founded Atari and invented Pong
rR6rM TIL Wisconsin has 10 of the top 20 Drunkest Cities in America.