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TIL that the Sami people of Northern Finland have a unit of measurement called the ‘poronkusema’ - the distance a reindeer can walk before needing to urinate.

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Nbe1 TIL The last descendant of Abraham Lincoln died in 1985
R7wBw TIL the world is 123 billion acres in size, of which 37 billion acres are land. This means that there are a notional four acres available for every human.
o5Z7 TIL Yogendra Singh Yadav, a soldier of the Indian army, climbed up a vertical, snow-covered cliff face while under machine gun and rocket fire. Despite taking three bullets, he managed to finish the climb, grenade a bunker and then kill four enemy soldiers in hand to hand combat.
9wMZ7 TIL the Turkish Airlines give a special 50% discount to family members of martyrs
pYO5G TIL that there is music hidden inside the windows folder