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TIL Norway formally annexed about one-fifth of Antarctica in 2015

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kJY0W TIL Parental incarceration is associated with numerous health problems in young adulthood, including depression, PTSD, anxiety, and various others
WNEo TIL Truman Capote once autographed around a woman’s navel. Her drunk, jealous husband pulled out his penis and asked Capote if he could sign it. Capote looked at it and replied, “Well, I don’t know if I can autograph it, but perhaps I could initial it.”
yQxbV TIL the shape of the Pentagon was designed after the first planned build location. The plot of land was Pentagon shaped. They switched locations to not hurt the view of D.C. from Arlington cemetery but kept the shape because it would have been too expensive to change and FDR liked the design.
LklZp TIL that in 1958 the Soviets reached one of the most remote places in Antarctica where they built a cabin. When they left they placed a bust of Lenin on top of the chimney facing in the direction of Moscow, which today is now the only thing standing above the snow
g9N9 TIL Ho Chi Minh quoted the Declaration of Independence when he declared Vietnam’s independence from France