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TIL that Nazi Germany claimed an Antarctic Colony named New Swabia

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xVgGD TIL The River Thames used to be a tributary of the Rhine
oAMR TIL Branden Bremmer, a child prodigy who read books at 18 months, played the piano at age 3 and started college at age 11, commited suicide at age 14 with no signs of depression, no suicide note or pressure form his parents to succeed.
J1Dlv TIL Compared with many primates, humans have a high propensity for proactive aggression, a trait shared with chimpanzees but not bonobos. By contrast, humans have a low propensity for reactive aggression compared with chimpanzees, and in this respect humans are more bonobo-like.
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6gwW TIL That 70’s Show takes place between the year 1976 and 1979, but Christmas happens 5 times in the series.