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TIL that the cheapest and cleanest means of transport for scientists in the Antarctica is a tent on a sled powered by a giant Kite

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dD7eZ TIL about Richard Huckle, described as Britain's most depraved paedophile. He had done his crime for more than a decade and had photographed and recorded his crimes. While he was serving his time, he was brutally tortured and murdered by another inmate who intended to cook and eat him.
BgXjk TIL, that the oldest potted plant in the world was brought to kew gardens in London in 1773 and is still there today.
bnvj TIL The journalist who wrote CIA contra-crack story died from a suicide (2 gunshots in the head)
NX0mP TIL the 1958 Disney nature film White Wilderness staged a lemming death plunge, pushing dozens of lemmings off a cliff while cameras were rolling. This perpetuated the myth that lemmings commit mass-suicide for years to come.
xV4no People who feel depressed eat about 55% more chocolate than their non-depressed peers, according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.