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TIL that Iceland was involved in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. They sent two troops.

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mGRP TIL Sir Richard Branson once lost a bet with Air Asia CEO Tony Fernandes on the winner of the 2010 F1 Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi. The loser had to work as a female flight attendant on the winner’s airline.
BrADy TIL that astronomers estimate that for every grain of sand on Earth, there are roughly 10,000 stars in the universe
MeGLa TIL Billie Eilish was born into the entertainment industry. She grew up in Los Angeles with both her parents being successful actors and her older brother already being in the music industry. She joined the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus at 8, and her brother wrote her debut song for her at 13.
aVMZ TIL that Australia’s first police force was made up of 12 of the ‘best behaved’ convicts.
Z856G TIL that in 1275, the theft of a cow by a peasant led to a war that resulted in 15,000 deaths on the territory of present-day Belgium.