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TIL that the Pacific Ocean is so big it has its own antipodes (two points on exact opposite sides of the earth)

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yex8 TIL that today, March 21st, was proclaimed Afghanistan Day by Ronald Reagan because “To watch the courageous Afghan freedom fighters battle modern arsenals with simple hand-held weapons is an inspiration to those who love freedom.”
GALQ4 TIL the internationally recognised start of Earth's second-most recent geological age (the Pleistocene, aka the "Ice Age") is officially defined as the time when a specific species of algae became extinct
Al6a TIL Nike trademarked the color maize, so the University of Michigan now wears “sun” and blue instead of their historic maize and blue.
W74mY TIL: Why don’t we eat rabbits? - The Straight Dope
XEnB8 TIL MLB planned to fold the Montreal Expos and Minnesota Twins in 2001. When the Twins had to honor the end of its lease at the Metrodome, MLB kept both squads to maintain an even number of teams. Unluckily for the Expos, they had sold most of their prospects, and moved to Washington, D.C. in 2005.