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TIL that researchers are practicing for a human mission to Mars by living in the heart of Antarctica to see the effects of extreme isolation.

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ajXy TIL that FOX News watchers scored less than no news watchers when asked domestic and international policy questions.
ANkXx TIL there's a permanent scale model solar system in Sweden, with a huge globe arena as the sun.
JZE4 TIL that Pinball was considered gambling and banned between the 1940s to 1976. It ended when enthusiast Roger Sharpe played it before a committee and called out precisely what he was going to shoot for, and then did so. The ban was lifted since he had proven it was a game of skill, not chance.
neMBP TIL Quebec prohibits women from taking their husband's last name, even if they want to
4kKvg TIL-Alexander the Great most likely suffered from Guillain-Barré Syndrome and in all probability, was buried alive!