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TIL Kennedy Space Center has a total area of 219 square miles, or 570 square kilometers - roughly the same size as the Isle of Man. Only 9% of the space center is developed, and the rest is wildlife refuge.

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v1DEB TIL the Amundsen-Scott station at the geographic South Pole has a basketball court, gym, music room, craft room, library, sauna, and two TV/movie lounges.
J1YVm TIL of the 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment, who were Sherman's personal escort on his March to the Sea. They were a unit comprised entirely of Southerners who remained loyal to the Union.
loZbG TIL about Canadian serial killer Gilbert Paul Jordan aka The Boozing Barber who killed 8-10 aboriginal women by forcing them to drink lethal quantities of alcohol. One of his victims, Patricia Andrew, had a blood alcohol level at 0.79. Jordan also drank at least 50 oz of vodka each day.
vPYA4 TIL that there is a tradition in the U.S. Navy that no submarine is ever lost. Those that go to sea and do not return are considered to be “still on patrol.”
WdVB TIL that in 500 million years there will be no more total eclipses due to the fact that the moon is drifting farther away