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TIL that only 11 people have ever been born in Antarctica.

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GAKy1 TIL that Stephen King decided on the location for the Shining, by opening an atlas and randomly pointing at a location, which happened to be Boulder, Colorado.
eGxg TIL that the fatality rate was so high for airmen in the WWII years of 1942-1943, it was statistically impossible for a flight crew to finish a 25-mission tour in Europe
6d58 TIL There is a hot dog stand in California that has a lawyer on hand to give free legal advice on Wednesdays to anyone who needs it.
OG5da TIL that the Assassins were an order that existed between 1090 and 1275; they lived in the mountains of Persia and the Levant, and held a strict subterfuge policy throughout the Middle East through the covert murder of various state leaders.
WAX TIL that a month before Mubarak’s fall 82% of Egyptians supported stoning to death as punishment for adultery, 77% supported hand amputation as punishment for theft, and 84% supported the death penalty for anyone who leaves Islam