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TIL that although Antarctica is overall declining in mass due to melting ice, East Antarctica is actually gaining volume.

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8eyx4 TIL that “court jesters” were often used to give bad news to the monarch that no one else would dare deliver. When the French fleet was destroyed at the Battle of Sluys, Phillip VI’s jester told him that the English sailors “don’t even have the guts to jump into the water like our brave French”
x6Jn1 TIL The original iPhone (and even the second-gen 3G) couldn't copy/paste.
R7Qg1 TIL of the SWAT World Challenge, where SWAT teams and special forces compete in armed drills. Since 2007, the second place all time score belongs to the US Office of Secure Transportation, the agency for guarding America's nukes. But beating them is Ocean Country NJ's SWAT team.
KwbE TIL that maintenance workers on the Golden Gate Bridge are first on the scene to talk down suicidal jumpers. They estimate having a 90% success rate.
NxkM TIL ESPN used to show Magic: The Gathering tournaments.