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TIL that Antarctica used to be a rainforest

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xVrrw TIL about the Opabinia, one of the strangest fossils ever discovered. It had five eyes on a flat, shrimp-like body without legs, was covered in chitinous scales and had a long, extensible mouhtpiece, like the one found in common houseflies, but much longer.
e705 TIL that after the 9/11 attacks, Clear Channel Communications distributed a suggested song ban list for its 1,200 radio stations. Included on the list are “Imagine” by John Lennon and all of Rage Against the Machine’s songs.
NonN TIL that in 1915, the Washington Post made one of the most infamous typos in newspaper history by misspelling ‘entertaining’ as 'entering’ while covering one of Woodrow Wilson’s dates with his fiancée: “Rather than paying attention to the play, the President spent the evening entering Mrs. Galt.”
xVwm5 TIL that Syria cuts out the internet during the high school examinations
7rJEp TIL there is a volcano in Indonesia that spews red lava during the day, but glows neon blue at night