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TIL the Ancient Greeks believed that the North Pole was actually a sunny and temperate sanctuary called Hyperborea, which was blessed by Apollo.

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mmQM TIL there is a recurring hoax to ban the substance dihydrogen monoxide (or water). Among others, government representatives of New Zealand have expressed support for this ban on more than one occasion.
ANaPw TIL that a cowboy hat's brim is curved up to prevent getting caught in the rope
E18RP TIL about the Citizens’ Commission to Investigate the FBI, a small group that broke into an FBI field office and stole documents that revealed the FBI’s spying on and infiltration of left-wing organizations across the US.
oBVa8 TIL of Claudette Colvin, a black teenager who refused to move for a white woman on a Montgomery bus nine months before Rosa Parks did. Her action was not widely publicized due to her being pregnant at the time.
R7kYQ TIL during a UK tour in 2011, Drake spent an ‘‘obscene amount of money’’ on first editions of children’s classic books ‘Charlotte’s Web’ and ‘Winnie the Pooh’.