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TIL Finland has a unit of measurement, “poronkusema,” that means “the distance a reindeer could travel without stopping to urinate.”

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Y7ZNW TIL that cotton candy was invented by a dentist
9ZPM TIL in 2010 a joke political party in Reykjavik, Iceland, openly stated they would keep none of their campaign promises. They won 34.7% of the city vote, with their founder (a comedian) becoming mayor.
MeAV8 TIL that a strain of Anthrax virus, that had been trapped in a reindeer carcass frozen in permafrost for over 75 years, thawed and infected around 2000 reindeer and ended up infecting over 20 humans.
BrlD TIL the first man made aircraft to land on another planet and send back data was the Soviet Venera 7 in 1970. After successfully landing on Venus, the craft sent back only 23 minutes of weak data, presumably because it landed on its side.
XlgE TIL that Eva Braun’s relationship with Hitler was kept secret from the German people and few knew of her existence.