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TIL Sweden is so green it has to import garbage.

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woL8Y TIL that turtles, like humans, can get decompression sickness (the bends).
Me6W7 TIL There's a museum in Iceland that houses the world's largest display of dicks
N7KdM TIL the great smog of London in 1952 was so bad that pedestrians couldn't even see their feet. Some of the 4,000 who died in the 5 days it lasted didn't suffer lung problems – they fell into the Thames and drowned because they could not see the river
R5rK4 TIL about Kinjirō Ashiwara, a self-proclaimed emperor of Japan who rose to celebrity status
QN4Na TIL Jerry Van Dyke (Dick's brother) was offered the role of Gilligan on Gilligan's Island but turned it down, believing that the show would never be successful. He chose instead to play the lead in My Mother the Car, which is frequently cited as one of the worst television shows of all time.