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TIL Iceland is the only NATO country with no standing army.

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4kRDo TIL The Juggalo gangs are allied with both the Bloods and the Crips.
JYBBj TIL Tom Selleck was cast as Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark but had to drop out due to his commitment to do the Magnum PI pilot, so the role went to Harrison Ford. Production on Magnum was delayed for over 6 months by a writers' strike, which would have enabled Selleck to complete Raiders
wLRXY TIL That almost every earthworm in North America is an invasive species
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QJYvd TIL about Frank Eaton, aka Pistol Pete, who began training to avenge his father at the age of 8. His father's friend handed him a gun stating, "My boy, may an old man’s curse rest upon you, if you do not try to avenge your father.” He succeeded in his revenge.