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TIL Earth’s moon is the closest moon to the sun

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oRnKL TIL In 1988 the Polar Bridge Expedition, a group of 13 people, successfully skied from Siberia to Canada
Qlx9 TIL a 19 year old Navy recruit was forced back into a pool after failing a training exercise, his instructors drowned him while other recruits were commanded to line up, turn their backs and sing the national anthem
kOQG4 TIL Although the Korean and Chinese languages are not related in terms of grammatical structure, more than 50 percent of all Korean vocabulary is derived from Chinese loanwords
b6YoQ TIL nutmeg and mace come from the same fruit of the same tree
ADWEo TIL: King James VI/I wrote a book called "Daemonologie" on necromancy and black magic. It included a study on demonology and the methods demons used to bother troubled men. It also touches on topics such as werewolves and vampires.