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TIL that Chile has a town in Antarctica, complete with a school, hospital, hostel, post office, internet, TV and cell phone coverage.

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ODya TIL the Library of Congress has a letter sent by a young Neil deGrasse Tyson to Carl Sagan, thanking Sagan for his generosity when they met at Cornell, and telling of his future career plans in science
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