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TIL Iceland has had a complete revolution within the past year, removing their government and bankers and bringing them to justice.

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GY5r5 TIL that South Africa is actually a country, and not actually a region used to represent the southern part of Africa.
VBVbZ TIL that Michael Crichton, who wrote Jurassic Park, was not only a literary giant, but a figurative one standing 6 foot 9 inches tall.
6E1Jl TIL Salvador Dali was attracted to Hitler "“I often dreamed of Hitler as a woman. His flesh, which I had imagined whiter than white, ravished me…”
OGbnR TIL Mel Blanc, who voiced most of the Looney Tunes characters, was in a coma after a car accident in 1961. Calling his name did nothing to wake him up. After 14 days in the coma, a doctor asked Mel “Bugs, can you hear me?” He woke up from the coma, and responded as Bugs Bunny, “Yeah, what’s up doc?”
6EYOW TIL About the Tanuki, a fox-like animal in traditional Japanese folklore with giant magical testicles