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TIL that Norway is ranked as the country least likely to be affected by climate change. Chad is the most vulnerable.

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N7D9N TIL in 1992, a SEAL team performing reconnaissance for the Somalia invasion was ambushed by over 400 journalists camped out on the Mogadishu coastline. Lights from the flashing cameras nearly caused a devastating wave of supressing fire from Navy vessels.
QRJp TIL: Leonard Cohen wrote more than 80 verses for Hallelujah before deciding which made the final cut for the song.
e0Y1b TIL that popcorn, being relatively inexpensive, became popular during the Great Depression. It became a source of income for many struggling farmers, including the Redenbacher family. In fact, when sugar was rationed during WWII, Americans ate three times as much popcorn as they had before.
grBx8 TIL about the Birmingham Rollers Pigeons - approx. 1,500 in LA, mostly areas with gang violence, that train pigeons to somersault mid-air!
d8mrB TIL that ravens and wolves have formed a mutually beneficial relationship out in the wild. Ravens have been observed calling wolves to the site of dead animals so that the wolves will then open up the carcass and leave the scraps for the ravens once they're finished.