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

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6nrX TIL: Oslo, Norway. Has donated a Christmas tree every year to the United Kingdom since the 1940’s. The tree is usually cut down in November and held up at Trafalgar Square throughout the Christmas holiday.
X0778 TIL about Jiro Sato, one of the best Japanese tennis players ever, who committed suicide at the height of his career due to pressure from the Japanese tennis association
Y7eNZ TIL buffalo hunting in the 19th century was encouraged as a means of eliminating the major food source of many Native American tribes, thereby making them easier to control.
QJJJX TIL Lou Gehrig had a better batting average than Babe Ruth in each of the years 1923-25, but Ruth had a better batting average than Gehrig over the 3 years combined. This is an example of a mathematical curiosity called Simpson’s Paradox.
jNdKj TIL in 1994, 17 year old Rashida Jones (aka Ann Perkins in Parks and Rec) wrote an open letter addressing 2Pac's scathing remarks about her parents' interracial marriage. After working things out, he became friends with Rashida and her family, and went on to date Rashida's sister prior to his death.