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TIL Antarctica's Dry Valleys haven't had any rain or snow in nearly 2 million years

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YLY7 TIL, that earlier this year in May, Tesla motors paid back their government loan. Ford, Nissan, and Fisker still have not.
AVla TIL Adolf Hitler promised to end the use of tobacco in the military after the end of the war and encouraged close friends not to smoke, He even began to offer a gold watch to any of his inner circle who could quit.
N7yLQ TIL in 1962 JFK invited 49 Nobel Laureates to the White House. Kennedy remarked, "I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."
W5a4 TIL the P-51 Mustang WWII-era fighter was used by the USAF until the middle of the Korean War, and even served with the Dominican Republic until 1984.
D1ZgP TIL as a kid, Ice-T had his bike stolen. He told his father about it; he simply shrugged and said: "Well, then, you ain't got no bike." Ice-T then stole parts from various bicycles and assembled "three or four weird-looking, brightly-painted bikes" from the parts. His father never even noticed.