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TIL: The South Pole is much colder than the North Pole

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maKY TIL David Hayter, the original voice of Snake in the Metal Gear Solid series, wrote the screenplay for the first X-Men movie and the film The Watchmen.
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e6jg TIL that James Doohan who played Scotty in Star Trek was shot six times during D-Day by friendly fire. 4 times in his leg, once in his chest, and once in his right middle finger. A cigarette case stopped the round in his chest which most likely would have been fatal.
o4lK TIL if you bake garlic in the oven for an hour it becomes spreadable like butter
epPB5 TIL that Al Capone wasn’t charged for murder, theft, or illicit drugs…he was convicted for unpaid taxes that amounted to $215,000