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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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E1XVo TIL: the Vice President of the United States was determined by the 2nd most electoral votes (the runner up for presidential ticket). This stopped when Jefferson and Burr ran against each other (1800).
8eLYV TIL In German bars/restaurants there are "Speibecken": These are basins into which you can throw up if you've had too much to drink.
jbJn TIL, during the height of Beatlemania, John Lennon’s estranged father was a dishwasher and got an opportunity to record a song. John was furious at his father’s attempt to cash in on his success and demanded the song pulled from the charts. It was and the elder Lennon went back to washing dishes.
oOp7 TIL a German and British aeroplane shot each other down in Norway during WWII. The crew met and helped each other survive. Two of them later visited each other many years after the war was over as friends.
pYZvO TIL that the Australian Ibis (aka bin chickens) have learned how to eat the invasive and poisonous cane toad. They do this by picking the toad up, shaking it around to get it to expell its poison and empty is poison sacs, then washing the poison off with water.