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

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KYvpa TIL in a family with twelve children, six of the boys were diagnosed with schizophrenia and were later found to possess a genetic mutation that is so vital to brain function that it could help researchers understand how schizophrenia works.
j6rbE TIL that the USS Bonhomme Richard is named after the Richard of Poor Richard's Almanack
6E9p8 TIL Dr. Burzynski a pioneering biochemist discovered a unique way of treating cancer patients with Antineoplastons thereafter enduring an ongoing ordeal against the FDA, The Texas Medical Board, The National Cancer Institute & other federal agencies.
JoL8 TIL Big Ben Clock Towers time is kept accurate by adding or removing pennies on its pendulum changing the clock’s speed by +/- 0.4 seconds per day
QNMp6 TIL There are fossilized plants over 4500 feet beneath the ice sheet in Greenland