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

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NjxJ TIL that in the 1980s, NOAA actually built and tried to deploy a device similar to ‘Dorthy’ from the movie 'Twister’; its name was TOTO (TOtable Tornado Observatory).
d8oy9 TIL in 1997 Albanian Pyramid Schemes which made up half of the nation's economy ran out of money causing protests and sparking the Albanian Civil War
7rYQb TIL in 2013 a California couple discovered a trove of gold coins in their backyard while walking their dog. Tucked away in eight buried cans were 1,427 rare mint-condition coins dating from 1847 to 1894. A rare coin expert who represents the finders, appraised the U.S. coins at $11 million.
NrJ1 TIL the story behind the book “I love you forever” was originally written as a song for Robert Munsch’s two stillborn babies.
nejpY TIL of Jan Baalsrud, a Norwegian commando in WWII. The lone survivor of an ambush, he survived an avalanche, severe frostbite and snow blindness, having to amputate his own toes, and being relentlessly pursued by Germans for nine weeks before being whisked to safety in Sweden by locals.