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TIL there are no mosquitoes in Iceland

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7rveZ TIL that Dim, the rhinoceros beetle from A Bug's Life (1998), had no known reference in nature until the Megaceras briansaltini was discovered in 2007. This phenomena, of nature mimicking art, was coined the Dim Effect by its discoverer.
yQAOl TIL Axel F, the soundtrack to Beverly Hills cop, is written in the key of F
E16Y0 TIL that to combat obesity, Chile passed a law that bans junk food ads aimed at children and prohibits the use of cartoon characters in their packaging
a8wnM TIL of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, an Italian composer who was expelled from Italy because he was Jewish and ended up working in the USA for Metro-Goldwin-Mayer and other Hollywood productions
DbBD TIL that Disney prevented a stonemason from engraving Winnie the Pooh on a young girl’s gravestone because it would violate Disney’s copyright