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

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deOK TIL Howard Hughes’ “The Conqueror” was filmed on a nuclear test site, causing 91 cast and crew members to develop cancer. This is thought to be responsible for the deaths of John Wayne, Susan Hayward, director Dick Powell and others. It would be Hughes’ last movie.
LQADP TIL museums in Vietnam often leave out periods of Chinese rule, which is a large part of its own history (about 1,100 years)
l7YR1 TIL USA has a mutual defense treaty with most of South America called the Rio Pact or TIAR. This alliance predates NATO by 2 years and has been invoked multiple times. Some countries not included are Mexico, Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua, and Cuba.
VB6d4 TIL about Erzsébet Báthory, the 16th-century Hungarian noblewoman who tortured and killed hundreds of young girls and bathed in their blood to preserve her beauty.
GAReE TIL Barbara Eden of I Dream Of Jeannie fame is a descendant of Benjamin Franklin.