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

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7rNM7 TIL that Michael Faraday initiated The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures in 1825 which have been given each year except in WWII. Carl Sagan lectured in 1977.
GYWg4 TIL Adeline and Augusta Van Buren were the first women to travel across the country on solo motorcycles. They made it despite frequently being arrested for wearing pants.
AVan TIL Ultimate sci-fi fan and literary agent Forest J Ackerman kept every story ever submitted to him. He once showed up at a Stephen King book signing with a manuscript King had written when he was 11.
R7gAj TIL bomb-sniffing dogs will calmly sit when they smell explosive materials. They will never bark or paw at something they detect
rG5W TIL Louis CK spent an entire radio interview asking Donald Rumsfeld if he’s a lizard from space.