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TIL There are actually eight continents, with the eighth, being nearly 95% submerged, called Zealandia.

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8aLeZ TIL about schizophrenic numbers, which are irrational numbers that display similarities to rational numbers.
MeBOb TIL that a 15-minute, 1963 English comedy sketch is still shown nationwide every New Year's Eve in Germany, and may attract half of the entire population. It never appeared on English TV until 2018.
W7GXo TIL Childhood appendectomy, but not appendicitis without appendectomy, was associated with a significantly increased risk of mood and anxiety disorders in adulthood.
6E10X TIL about Risus sardonicus, a spasm of your facial muscles that make you look like you have a devious grin
1JWd TIL inn WW2 the Nazis had a wooden airfield in Northern France, the British knew about it. Being British they let them build it and then dropped a wooden bomb on it!