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TIL the Endurance Expedition crew was shipwrecked and stranded in the Antarctic in 1914 for two years, and miraculously the entire crew survived.

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PY5Dw TIL that in Kosovo, boys are sometimes given the name Tonibler in honor of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair due to his role in the 1999 NATO air campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War
VMNaD TIL that there are stars that can be lower than the temperature of the human body, called "Y dwarfs"
neWQd TIL Napalm killed more Japanese than the atomic bombs.
VBLJB TIL George C. Scott called the Oscars "a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons," and sent a telegram to the Academy telling them that he'd be refusing the award, and didn't even want his name on the ballot.
Z8PpR TIL that larch trees were planted in a German forest that displayed a giant swastika when viewed from above. The design remained visible for over 60 years until the reunified German government discovered the site from aerial photographs.