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TIL Antarctica, if it were a country, would be the second-largest country with a land size of 5.5 million mi² (14.2 million km²)

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N71OQ TIL of the Red Ghost, a camel that wandered the Arizona desert for 10 years with a human skeleton strapped to its back
94WX TIL Despite public perceptions, the odds of becoming the victim of a violent crime in the US today are lower than they were in the so-called “Golden Age” of the 1950s.
grDZW TIL W.E.B. Du Bois was born on February 23, 1868, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, a predominantly white town that was unusually tolerant for its time. He was the only Black child in school but received support from white teachers and classmates, who even helped fund his education.
QNeOL TIL that in 1985 the Mayors of the modern cities Rome and Carthage signed a ceremonial peace treaty, a mere 2131 years after the end of the Third Punic War
xV5ok TIL that Matthew Perry doesn’t remember filming three seasons of Friends due to his alcohol and Vicodin addiction, leading to a drastic weight loss and two rehab stints in his twenties.