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TIL Iceland overthrew their government and rewrote their constitution after the 2008 financial crisis.

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wLDDW TIL Princess Alexandra of Bavaria believed she had swallowed a glass piano as a child. This delusion was not unheard of and was recorded in Europe and mainly suffered by royals, nobels and scholars (between C15 and C17). It was manifest as a fear that parts of their anatomy were made of glass.
A4aw TIL a mexican priest became a Lucha Libre wrestler named Fray Tormenta in order to raise money to support the orphanage he founded. When he retired, one of the children from the orphanage took up his mantle so that the legend of Fray Tormenta can live on.
ep7lD TIL The largest coin in the world was minted in Australia in 2011 and consists of 1 tonne of solid gold.
DQw5D TIL: about birch pollen and accompanying allergies. This explains why skin on apples, almonds, and soy milk sieze up my throat.
VBnG0 TIL the meerkat is the world's most murderous mammal with 20% of all meerkats being violently killed by another meerkat, most commonly their mother, sister, or aunt