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TIL any US citizen can take possession of an uninhabited island anywhere in the world so long as it contains guano deposits and is not within the jurisdiction of another government.

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lgRB TIl - The word Barbarian came from Greek meaning anyone who does not speak ancient greek because to the Greek, all other languages sounded like : BAR BAR BAR BAR BAR
oo7A TIL that the NFL moved the 1993 Super Bowl from Arizona because they refuse to make Martin Luther King day an official state holiday
6EVEw TIL the shortest passenger flight in the world takes about 90 seconds from take off to landing and links two islands in northern Scotland
ADNXo Of all the bodies in our solar system, the sun is probably the one we want to give the widest berth. It gushes radiation, and even though its surface is the coolest part of the star, it burns at about 9,940°F, hot enough to incinerate just about any material. As such, there are no plans to send a manned mission in its direction anytime soon (Mars is much more interesting, anyway), but it can't hurt to figure out at what distance a person would want to turn back. You can get surprisingly close.
RjL9 TIL of Pedro López, a child-murderer known as “The Monster of the Andes” and who is regarded as the most prolific serial killer of the 20th century. He has killed over 300 young girls across South America. He was released from captivity in 1998 and his current whereabouts are unknown.