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

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yVl9J TIL in Sweden, kids wear witch costumes and go door-to-door for candy... but on Easter, not Halloween.
JYwGQ TIL of the killing of Joey Stompanato who was a bodyguard and mafia enforcer for Mickey Cohen. He dated actress Lana Turner who he physically abused. On April 4th, 1958 after threatening the life of Turner, her mother, and daughter he was stabbed to death by Turner's 14 year old daughter.
6ZjZ TIL Coal fired power stations emit 100x more radiation than Nuclear power stations
9gyX TIL that a piece of Sir Isaac Newton’s apple tree was taken to space on a space shuttle mission to defy gravity
5YO8r TIL in Michael Jackson's music video for 'Beat It' he cast 80 members of the feuding gangs, Bloods and Crips, in an attempt to foster peace between them