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TIL in 1998 more than half of Icelanders believed in elves.

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b9Oy4 TIL that the word "conundrum" was probably made up as a joke by a student at Oxford in the 16th century.
woo57 TIL that in 1977 the "Hillside Strangler" serial killers posed as undercover police officers and stopped a female driver. They dropped their plan to abduct and murder her after learning that she was the daughter of Peter Lorre, who was known for playing disturbed characters.
jNmPp TIL the Palace of the Parliament in Romania is the heaviest building in the world. Started in 1984, it is still unfinished, with only 400 of 1100 rooms in use. The lowest of 8 basements is a nuclear bunker linked to 20 kilometers of tunnels. It has 480 chandeliers & a million cubic meters of marble.
gMyA9 TIL that after the defeat of the confederate states many soldiers joined the Egyptian military in their attempted conquest of Ethiopia.
nWL67 TIL about a list of murderers who were released only to murder again.