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TIL the nation of Iceland sued a company named Iceland to have all its trademarks invalidated. And won.

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8aP1L TIL that the Sperm Whale is the loudest animal on the planet and are so loud that they can vibrate you to death
KOr9E TIL - A day on Venus lasts longer than a year. It takes 243 Earth days to rotate on its axis once, but only 225 to rotate around the sun.
v1pm8 TIL In the original Pulp Fiction script, Vincent actually shoots Marvin in the throat first - then he and Jules have an entire argument over what to do next while Marvin gurgles & listens in horror
EQZW TIL a Centurion tank survived a nuclear bomb test. It was still driveable. It was nicknamed “The Atomic Tank” and went on for 23 years of service.
AGGB TIL during World War II American factory workers produced more than twice their German counterparts and had four times the output of Japanese workers prompting industrialist Donald Douglas to observe, “Here’s proof that free men can out-produce slaves.”