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TIL: Of the Mercator projection which is the standard map projection which makes Greenland appears the same size as Africa, when in reality Africa's area is 14 times greater.

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KO0xG TIL marine biologist, Stephen Hillenburg, created an educational comic book about tide pool animals called "The Intertidal Zone" to help educate his students. In later years after becoming an animator he began developing those same characters and concepts for what became "SpongeBob Squarepants."
YD9B TIL: The Department of Education can call for SWAT team raids to search your house over unpaid student loans
R7ZB6 TIL about Steve Rothstein, who bought a lifetime unlimited First Class American Airlines ticket for $250,000. That ticket with his flights (listed as being over 10,000) cost the company over $21,000,000. They terminated his ticket in 2008.
M8oB TIL that Noodles, the guitarist for The Offspring, was a custodian at the school the band went to. He was allowed into the band because he was old enough to buy alcohol.
QGAM TIL 70 years ago today, Allied troops linked up with the French resistance. Within 24 hours, Paris was liberated from the Nazis.