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TIL Norway kills more whales every year than Japan and Iceland combined.

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1a9NW TIL that Russian President Boris Yeltsin once got so drunk at a state dinner that he drummed on Kyrgyzstan President Askar Akayev's bald head, using dinner spoons.
J1jkm TIL India celebrates Children's Day on November 14, exactly nine months after Valentine's Day.
grYoL TIL: Ancient Athens had a system called ostracism, where citizens could vote to exile someone for 10 years without a trial, often used against powerful or controversial figures to protect democracy.
89EP TIL that the distance between a man’s anus and genitalia can be used as an indicator of fertility.
6EXxZ TIL one of the first winners of the Miss USA pageant was stripped of her title when it was revealed that she was married and had children as being a wife and mother were against contest rules.