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TIL Despite being located above the Arctic Circle, the Norwegian municipality of Tromso only has a record low temperature of -18.4°C (−1.1°F) Identical to the record low temperature in the subtropical US state of Florida

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nEX7 TIL: Women were excluded from the White House Correspondents Dinner until 1962, when JFK threatened to boycott unless they were allowed in.
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