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TIL a majority of Icelanders believe in the existence of elves

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VBQpm TIL when the show "Cops" was originally developed, the idea was to have the cameras follow the police officers home to get insight into their personal lives
x78g TIL one of the oldest olive trees is 2000-4000 years old, and still produces olives.
n80Y TIL only one white man has ever run 100 meters in under 10 seconds. The other 75 men who have done it were all black.
vP6pr TIL the actual phrase is "You've got another THINK coming" and we've all been saying it wrong for years.
NV8P TIL casino magnate Steve Wynn had once reached an agreement to sell Picasso’s ‘La Reve’ for $139 million, which would have been the largest artwork sale in history, when he accidentally stuck his elbow through the painting while showing it to Barbara Walters.