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TIL that small icebergs are called “bergy bits”

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R7MA7 TIL Taylor Swift was born into alot of money.. Her father is "a descendant of three generations of bank presidents" and worked for Merrill Lynch. At the age of 14 her family moved to Nashville where her father purchased a stake in Big Machine, which is where Taylor Swift first signed.
KYXVw TIL there are 6000 different species of lady bug
QbLa TIL of Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian Explorer. In 1909, he tried to be the first man to reach the North Pole, but was beaten by Robert Peary. Upon hearing of Peary’s victory, Amundsen immediately mounted an expedition to the South Pole, which he became the first to reach in 1911.
8Dl4 TIL Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame are not given out as an honor; rather, they have to be applied for, purchased for $30,000, and come with prerequisites.
EY6x TIL: Almost 25% of the population of Montana is on Oxycontin.