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TIL a majority of Icelanders believe in the existence of elves

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gMGe8 TIL male argonauts develop a special arm for copulation in a pouch located under their eye and upon finding a mate they detach that arm and place it on the female. Their detached arm then crawls, with a life of its own, into her mantle for fertilization. Researchers found 38 arms inside one female.
GRO4 TIL Dr Pepper was designed to be drank hot, as well as cold.
QJeyL TIL an early script of the first James Bond film was rejected because the writers had turned Dr. No into a monkey.
a8K0 TIL that the Roe effect is an hypothesis which suggests that since supporters of abortion rights cause the erosion of their own political base by having fewer children, the practice of abortion will eventually lead to the restriction or illegalization of abortion.
rNKo1 TIL the 5th gen Chevrolet Camaro, released in 2010, was developed by Holden, an Australian car manufacturer owned by GM a the time. The current Camaro is still built on a modified version of the GM Zeta platform created by Holden.