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

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aw0NM TIL Iran isn't the name of a government entity. It's simply how the Persian people say the name of their country in Farsi (Iran's Official language) "Iran" is Farsi for "Persia" (Greek form) and they simply wanted people to stop using the Greek form.
VaMk TIL treadmills were originally a punishment used to harness human power on a giant wheel used to grind grains; hence the name “treadmill.”
XPxr TIL japanese square watermelons are inedible and produced purely for ornamental reasons
grwy7 TIL In the 1920s, architect Robert Hugman envisioned San Antonio would have tour boats like the gondolas of Venice with Spanish design and a shopping district called Romula. After construction began in 1939, the River Walk only became commercially successful in 1970
bKJj Today I learned that when Andre the Giant would go drinking in Manhatten, the NYPD would have an officer follow him around town to make sure he didn’t drunkenly fall on anyone again.