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TIL the crew of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station have an annual winter tradition where they watch all three versions of “The Thing”, a horror film about an alien lifeform that attacks researchers on an Antarctic base.

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78lX7 TIL: That for special episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise and NCIS New Orleans, both series that featured Scott Bakula as lead; Dean Stockwell was included as a guest star, reuniting the two actors from Quantum Leap.
WWDo TIL that after adjusting for inflation, U.S. presidents earn less salary now than any time in American history, at $400k per year. The highest was in 1909, when the POTUS earned approximately $1.9 million in 2012 dollars.
VxGk TIL Spain’s first documented serial killer, Manuel Romasanta, was raised a GIRL till he was SIX because his parents though he was a female.
jG7n TIL Abraham Lincoln is in the wrestling hall of fame, losing only one out of about 300 matches and once challenged an entire crowd of onlookers after dispatching an opponent: “I’m the big buck of this lick. If any of you want to try it, come on and whet your horns.”
jNvAv TIL of Hakkōda Mountains incident where a unit of Imperial Japanese Army soldiers became lost in a blizzard on the Hakkōda Mountains, Japan. The 199 deaths during a single ascent make it the most lethal disaster in the modern history of mountain climbing. From the 11 survivors, 8 needed amputations.