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TIL Iran has more cabinet members with PhDs from US Universities, than the US cabinet itself does

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78aE7 TIL that there is a region in Antarctica that is so dry, that not even ice can form there. It hasn't seen rain in nearly 2 million years and is host to unique lifeforms.
m4bY TIL a German U-boat sank due to a toilet malfunction.
XEa7E TIL in 1978 Ford Motor Company had to recall 1.5 million Ford Pintos for fuel tank design defects which made the vehicles susceptible to explosive fire if the car was rear ended at more than 20 MPH.
Ny7e TIL I learned that Chattanooga’s taxpayer-owned internet is 50 times faster than the average American’s, and as fast as Hong Kong’s, the fastest in the world
epw4L TIL that Pedro Filho, the Brazilian serial killer that killed nearly 100 violent criminals and was the inspiration for Dexter Morgan, is now a YouTuber with 250,000 subscribers