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TIL the whole Mars is as cold as the South Pole.
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TIL of Luigi Cadorna, Italian WWI general. Infamously inept, he sent 300k troops to die in the Alps, randomly executing his own soldiers to motivate them.
jkZp
TIL that Chile has a town in Antarctica, complete with a school, hospital, hostel, post office, internet, TV and cell phone coverage.
MeeV7
TIL that Disney attempted to trademark "Día de los Muertos" in 2013.
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TIL a glue fire in 1889 destroyed 31 blocks of Seattle's Pioneer Square neighborhood. The streets were later elevated, leaving a network of unused underground passageways and basements.
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TIL Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory was financed by Quaker Oats to promote their new Wonka Bar.