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DQMgv TIL that there is a lichen-forming fungus native to Antarctica and Patagonia called Shackletonia, named in honor of explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.
R5gaa TIL from 1900 to 1920, tug of war was a sanctioned Olympic sport.
16gOW TIL Orson Welles wore a fake nose in most of his films because he felt his nose was too small. Welles sometimes fashioned and applied his own prosthetic and according to some had a personal display of his noses.
WZvo TIL two white brothers took the Boston firefighters test claiming to be black so they would pass at the lower requirements. They worked for 10 years before being discovered.
0AvN TIL NASA wants to make Interstellar travel possible within the next 100 years.