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TIL that Antarctica was not discovered until 1820

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pZXA TIL that the Go-Go’s were the first, and to date only, all-female band that wrote their own songs and played their own instruments to have an album reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart with their 1981 debut album “Beauty and a Beat”
p554 TIL: In France, it is the law, that only a croissant made with pure butter can be straight
5kOP TIL that after the fall of the Roman Empire the technology to make concrete was lost for 1000 years.
yKOJ TIL that fun.’s “We Are Young” was the first song by a multimember band to top the Billboard 100 since Nickelback’s “How You Remind Me” in 2002
GYpJ5 TIL Vanna White, the letter presser lady on Wheel of Fortune makes 8 million a year. Her net worth is 140 million.