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TIL Iceland is the only country where 100% of the population has internet access.

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neKLB TIL during the Golden Gate Bridge sagged by 7 feet under the weight of 300,000 people on it celebrating its 50th anniversary . The towers were even pulled inward from so much weight.
GA167 TIL that the record for Highest Typing Speed ever recorded was set 76 years ago using a Typewriter.
8eBjL TIL Great White Sharks have poison resistance that defies logic. Samples of shark blood showed levels of arsenic and mercury that should be harmful if not deadly but the sharks were unaffected. Additionally Great Whites' have impressive self-healing abilities.
MePwb TIL Libyan dictator Gaddafi's son, Al-Saadi Gaddafi, had a football "career". Announcers were only allowed to mention his name and the military prevented any protests. 'Recruited' into Serie A had one substitute appearance before failing a drug test. He was considered "twice as slow as slow itself."
epl8n TIL about Encephalitis lethargica. Known as sleepy sickness, it was a 10 year epidemic with no known cause and continues sporadically today.