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TIL there are no mosquitoes in Iceland

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0Vky TIL that billionaire oil tycoon J. Paul Getty installed a pay phone at his mansion for guests to use so that he would not be billed for their calls.
b9jZp TIL Only about a third of black kids grow up with both their parents (in the USA), compared to 59% of Hispanic kids and 70% of white kids.
Z87Z4 TIL that in Sweden you have a constitutional right to allemansrätten, which is the right to peacefully hike, camp, bike and enjoy nature anywhere in the country unimpeded, with the only restriction being very close to someone’s house or if you mess up a garden.
67gw TIL there was a fire in a school in Collinwood, Ohio that resulted in the death of 172 students, two teachers and a rescuer, making it the deadliest school fire in the United States.
Wkdy9 TIL that Lt. ”Mad” Jack Churchill wielded his bagpipes, broadsword and longbow when leading his men in WW2. He used the pipes to inspire his men, is recorded doing hand-to-hand fighting with his broadsword against a German regiment and has the only registered kill with a longbow in centuries.