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TIL that no sitting US president has visited the continent of Antarctica

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GYAe5 TIL Global box office revenue for movies has increased 52% since 2001
8a8j4 TIL about the Bystander Effect, a psychological phenomena in which the more people present at an emergency, the less likely someone is to intervene
e0MGJ TIL of The Eleusinian Mysteries: Secret religious ancient Greek rites held annually for some two millennia (starting in 1600 B.C.) at the temple of Demeter. To this day, the controversy puzzles historians; all details were marked by a sworn oath of secrecy by the initiated and vanished through time.
Lk5Yr TIL that Scientists Hope to Clone a 40,000-Year-Old Extinct Horse. The baby horse was discovered in permafrost in eastern Siberia. The animal's tissue was preserved enough for scientists to obtain samples. There is no damage to the horse's carcass and even its hair is intact.
5x49 TIL that because of superstition surrounding the events of the movie The Taking of Pelham 123, dispatchers avoid allowing trains to depart Pelham Bay Park at 1:23, AM or PM.