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TIL Ireland makes up 1.2% of European GDP but has paid 42% of the total cost of the European Banking Crisis

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9Y7pp TIL that in 1951, Gertrude Levandowski underwent a 96-hour procedure at a Chicago hospital to remove a giant ovarian cyst (150 pounds). Levandowski weighed 616 pounds before the surgery and had a girth of 9 feet. After the growth was removed, the 58-year-old weighed a more manageable 308 pounds.
wLwdP TIL The wild bison of Yellowstone National Park have adapted to utilize the local hot springs as bidets to clean the thick fur of their nether regions before mating
4XnaN TIL coffee cups and many other items with a "recycling" symbol can't actually be recycled (and what can be recycled varies depending on where you live)
oJLR TIL Australia is the only nation to govern an entire continent [source: my toilet paper, then verified via Google]
4kVjb TIL after Hiroshima, the US pledged to destroy all nuclear weapons if one organization was permitted to control all nuclear material and mining operations on Earth under the Baruch Plan