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TIL that millions of years ago Antarctica was once a rainforest that dinosaurs inhabited

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e0YGb TIL that the chief baker on the Titanic, Charles Joughin, drank an entire bottle of whiskey as the ship sank and spent 3 hours in the -2°c waters before he was rescued alive
YpORA TIL that not only is it true that cockroaches can survive decapitation for a week or more but ALSO their heads can carry on moving on their own, waving their antennae back and forth for several hours.
kJBEW TIL that Sam Faubus, the father of infamous Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus, privately disapproved of his sons actions during the Little Rock Crisis, going so far as to write letters in support of desegregation to the Arkansas Gazette.
nvNW TIL that two weeks after going to rehab for crack addiction, Samuel L. Jackson was playing his first major role as a crack addict in “Jungle Fever”.
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