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TIL that Lofoten in Norway is north of the Arctic Circle. Yet because of the largest positive temperature anomaly in the world relative to latitude it is teeming with life and has the largest deep water coral reef in the word.

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mmdP TIL J. Edgar Hoover had the world’s largest porn collection at the time
aw1j9 TIL that the last confirmed use of armored trains in combat was during the Yugoslav conflicts in the period between 1991-1995 in the areas of Croatia and Bosnia & Hercegovina. Many of these trains were made using on-site materials and were equip with various ordinances of many types and calibers.
XEpAX TIL: First game of chess against a computer was played in 1952 by Alan Turing. Because there were no computers powerful enough to actually run the program Alan Turing "ran" the program manually on a piece of paper
XXeP TIL Tommy Lee and Nikki Sixx from Mötley Crüe had a bet over who could go the longest without showering and still score with groupies. The bet ended after a groupie vomited pasta on Sixx’ shoes in the course of fellatio, which inspired the title of the Guns ‘N Roses album The Spaghetti Incident.
e0nJg TIL dying stars cause space to smell like "hot metal, diesel fumes and barbecue." Astronauts have also compared the smell of the moon to "spent gunpowder."