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TIL that Iceland has the oldest Parliament in the world, it was established in 930 AD

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Y7aEB TIL Gorilla trekking success rate to find mountain gorilla groups in their natural habitat in Uganda and Rwanda is about 99%. There is always an advance team to locate and monitor gorillas before trekking begins
0Qvp TIL 200 Indian women stormed into the court and lynched a serial rapist. 5 women were arrested but released when every women in the local slum claimed responsibility for the murder
BrV8x TIL that the textbook "Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes" is the only rare example of creator Bill Watterson licensing his famous characters for anything. Developed by a speech language pathologist and a learning disabilities educator, this 1993 textbook can cost up to $34,000.
6900X TIL that during WWII a German catholic priest was arrested and executed for telling a joke about Hitler
8awOV TIL McDonalds invested in Chipotle in 1998, and by 2005 owned 90% of the restaurants.