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TIL that Iceland, which is a country that strongly supports firearms, hasn't had a murder since 2007

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xRW0 TIL that actor Peter O'Toole (Lawrence of Arabia) was unsure of where he was born. Sources claim it was either Connemara, Ireland or Leeds, England. He had a birth certificate from both countries.
W70r9 TIL the first film about the Titanic starred an actor who survived the sinking. Dorothy Gibson was playing bridge when the ship hit the iceberg and she escaped on the first lifeboat. She later starred in "Saved from the Titanic", in which she wore the same clothes that she wore on the Titanic.
NXbRe TIL tomato is both fruit and vegetable
Z89la TIL that a Bonsai tree survive during atomic bomb at Hiroshima and is now present in U.S National Arboretum.
BrO6W TIL A man had surgery in order to give himself a ten pound penis