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TIL Antarctica is actually just a cluster of islands under the ice

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9Y9Wp TIL that "Moon Trees" exist. They are the product of around 500 different seed types that were flown up to the moon and back aboard the Apollo 14 mission, then planted at various locations in the US and abroad.
9yNm TIL that “pixel” was originally short for the term “picture element”.
rR8v4 TIL: that its a common practice in China, to not tell an old person about their cancer diagnosis, where it is believed that telling them can make their condition deteriorate quicker.
p8Z6N TIL Aztecs saw giving birth as a battle, and women who died during childbirth were believed to go to the same heaven as fallen warriors.
5YMA9 TIL that the Unification Church (aka 'The Moonies') supplies most of the sushi restaurants in the United States