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TIL a majority of Icelanders believe in the existence of elves

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OGQv4 TIL that US nuclear code during 1970s to prevent unauthorized launch was 00000000
Eg440 TIL that Steven Adams of the Memphis Grizzlies NBA team is the youngest of EIGHTEEN children - many of which are also champion athletes.
lAyA TIL of Moko, a dolphin that helped rescue two beached whales in 2008. Humans had tried and failed to help the whales and were ready to give up, when the dolphin appeared, communicated with the whales and led them to safety
x6A90 TIL only two countries have money that are non-decimal currencies: Mauritania, where 1 ouguiya = 5 khoums, and Madagascar, where 1 ariary = 5 iraimbilanja. There was an attempt to undecimalise units of time during the french revolution but it failed.
ORGL TIL Beretta firearms has been owned and operated by the same family for almost 500 years.