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TIL that the Antarctic research station at the south pole has to heat their cafeteria freezers.

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oRZV7 TIL that some fish are obligate air breathers. Meaning they need access to air for a breath. Examples of some fish are betas, tarpons, and arapaimas.
nKyo TIL of 52 Hertz, the “Loneliest Whale in the World”, he sings and travels alone.
0PLy TIL influential newspaper editor William Thomas Stead wrote a story in 1892 about a ship sinking in the Atlantic at great loss of life due to not enough lifeboats. Stead died in the Titanic sinking in 1912.
78rMX TIL that Elbridge Gerry is the only signatory of the Declaration of Independence buried in Washington, D.C.
X0vNE TIL Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones had four children before he turned 20, two of them before he was 18