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TIL all residents of Chile's permanent Antarctic settlement, Villa Las Estrellas, are required to have their appendixes removed as a safety precaution because of the limited availability of medical services on the icy continent.

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KBgR TIL when Alan Shepard was waiting for liftoff to become the first American in space, reporters asked him what he was thinking about. He replied “The fact that every part of this ship was built by the lowest bidder.”
e0Vab TIL that 75% of Earth's population is lactose intolerant. It is actually so common that lactose intolerance is now considered the normal baseline, with people who are not being referred to as 'lactose persistent'
ZpYM4 TIL People brought their kids to watch Alien in the theaters (many apparently thinking it was going to be something more akin to Star Wars)
R7n04 TIL there’s a 752 pound emerald in an LAPD vault, worth anywhere between $100 to $900 million.
9YJPX TIL of Senioritis - a term used to describe decrease in motivation for students in senior year of high school, college, or grad school.