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TIL. Inhabitants of Hamburg, Germany are known as Hamburgers

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Yp17B TIL the US built a secret nuclear launch facility in Greenland which was kept a secret even from Denmark. When the ice sheet melts, close to 200000 liters of chemical waste will be released in the environment.
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