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TIL Antarctica is officially considered a desert, thus making it the largest desert in the world.

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rR050 TIL that in 1918 Chicago during the Great Flu Pandemic Julia “Slick Julia” Lyons posed as a home nurse and then robbed them. First she would over-charge them for prescriptions ($63 for a $5 dose of oxygen) and then would flat out steal cash, jewelry, clothing, or any other valuables she could find.
gMjNL TIL of DMHO - the joke to call water by an alternative chemical compound name (Dihydrogen monoxide)
4JJ6 TIL a college student aligned his teeth successfully by 3D printing his own clear braces for less than $60; he’d built his own 3D home printer but fixed his teeth over months with 12 trays he made on his college’s more precise 3D printer.
OongY TIL On May 1, 1969, Fred Rogers appeared before the U.S Senate Commerce Committee requesting funds to help support the growth of a new concept. National Public Television.
QNJkd TIL you can get a severe allergic reaction because of physical exercise, but only if you ate wheat before. It is very rare and called wheat-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis (WDEIA).