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TIL That Greenland's National Park (Northeast Greenland National Park) is bigger than 166 of the world's 195 countries and has fewer than 500 visitors annually

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XELek TIL It is a popular myth that a komodo dragon's bite causes death because the mouth of a komodo dragon is so filthy that the bitten animal ultimately dies of a bacterial infection. In fact, a komodo dragon's mouth is just as clean as most animals and it instead relies on venom to hunt prey.
p8eLZ TIL that Charles Martinet, voice of Mario, Waluigi, and other characters, has his own Waluigi headcanon. He believes Waluigi is full of self-pity, and that he and Wario are just "two nice, evil guys who found each other."
4Wab TIL - Tim Burton was reportedly uncomfortable with casting Christopher Walken as Max Shreck in Batman Returns. When the casting director asked him why he said, “Because that man scares the hell out of me.”
woPWM TIL that Larry Bird was nicknamed "The hick from French Lick" in reference to his hometown of French Lick, Indiana.
rVP4 TIL Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was, coincidentally, Moon.