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TIL that Metallica became the first band to play a concert on all seven continents. They played for 120 scientists and a number of competition winners at Carlini Station in 2013.

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XEnpE TIL That "Eh?", the interjection English Canadians are often known for, has similar interjections in certain dialects of Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, German, and many other languages. There seems to be a Canada for every language.
9wLvQ TIL JFK’s last words were “No, they sure can’t” in response to Nellie Connally, First Lady of Dallas, who remarked “Mr. President, they can’t make you believe now that there are not some in Dallas who love you and appreciate you, can they?”
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