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TIL Sir Edmund Hillary was the first person to drive overland to the South Pole

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yQ9je TIL France bans all non-court ordered paternity tests in a desire to "preserve the peace."
kNKW TIL that a live snail was kept in a museum for years before anyone knew it was alive
78MGr TIL of the Salem Hypothesis which is based on the observation that people who claim scientific expertise, whilst advocating creationism, tend to be engineers. The hypothesis postulates that engineering predisposes people to creationism (with the sole exception of chemical engineers).
dgEE TIL the elite fighting unit of Ancient Thebes was the “Sacred Band of Thebes”, a force comprised of 150 Gay Male Couples who crushed the Spartans in multiple military engagements.
16WDO TIL that the Pentagon spent $170,000 to find out why one spills coffee while walking.