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TIL you are required in Svalbard to carry a rifle when leaving a settlement, in order to fend off polar bears

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KQ6a TIL when the Abbey National Building Society moved into 219-229 Baker Street, London, they employed a full-time secretary to answer mail addressed to Sherlock Holmes (fictional address: 221b Baker Street)
Wkjod TIL: Only 5 countries in the world have never been under any sort of European control.
E1pPd TIL the invention of satanic witchcraft by medieval authorities was initially met with public skepticism. While people were concerned about magic, the public didn't initially believe witches gathered to worship demons, have orgies, eat babies, and perform other abominable acts.
r8Re TIL An Israeli team of researchers invented a breathalyzer that can detect 17 different diseases, including two types of Parkinson’s, Crohn’s, multiple sclerosis, kidney disease, and cancers including lung cancer, colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, and ovarian cancer.
jP8N TIL that Michael Keaton was only onscreen for 7.5 minutes in the 92 minute movie Beetlejuice.