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TIL that Antarctica is the driest continent on Earth, with some parts receiving less precipitation than the Sahara Desert.

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OoNg6 TIL that in 2020 Sweden discovered that one of their intelligence officers, who had worked at NATO HQ, and was the FSB liaison, had been faking his credentials for 18 years and was not in fact a Major in the Swedish Army.
a50J TIL of Kilroy Was Here, a popular meme that originated with US soldiers in World War 2 that was graffitied on landmarks as the soldiers moved on
Y7QA TIL that even though Lenin believed certain sexual practices to be immoral and bourgeois, the soviet union allowed them anyways because they didn’t believe the government had to right to prevent them.
OoBRe TIL that Teddy Roosevelt was such a ridiculous badass that at the age of 59, after already having been president he tried to personally lead a volunteer army to fight in Europe during World War 1!
eYP5 TIL the Aztecs had penalties for being drunk which ranged from head-shaving to the death penalty.