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TIL that the first semi-permanent population to live in Antarctica was American and British sealers who lived on the South Georgia Islands semi-annually starting in 1786.

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8kxL TIL The 27th amendment was originally amongst the group of Amendments considered for the Bill of rights in 1789, but was passed in 1992 after a student researching for his government class realized it was still alive, but had not yet gotten enough states to sign off on it.
KYMva TIL about Matthew Slater. A WR for the New England Patriots who made the Pro Bowl 10x despite only recording one career reception.
R7np6 TIL Leonidas of Rhodes' Olympic Record of 12 individual victories (164 - 152 BC) stood for over 2100 years before being eclipsed by Michael Phelps in 2016
e0MXk TIL that in 1991 a cosmonaut was stuck in orbit on the MIR Space Station while the USSR collapsed below on earth
WkR7L TIL that the Bud Light "Real American Heroes" ads were changed to "Real Men of Genius" after 9/11 because "the irony was gone and it seemed very inappropriate to run it that way"