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TIL Philadelphia’s mayors were initially unpaid, and often strongly objected to being selected - sometimes opting to pay a large fine rather than serve.

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44ra TIL Britons have to pay $230 for a “television license” every year as a tax to support the BBC
ADWGl TIL of Chesty Puller, the most decorated Marine in American history. He fought guerrillas in Haiti and Nicaragua and, as a senior officer, served with distinction in World War II and the Korean War. He's known for the phrase, "We're surrounded, that simplifies things."
6976J TIL that somebody won a Nobel prize by treating late stage syphilis with malaria-infected blood
8eyJL TIL In North America, kingfishers fish. But in tropical regions of Asia, Africa, and Australia, most of the roughly 90 species of kingfishers don't “fish.” They hunt in woodlands, where the smaller ones, like the four-inch Pygmy Kingfisher, eat grasshoppers and centipedes.
nWjjB TIL, That there is only 4,562 names that are approved in iceland (~2,391 female, ~2,171 Male). Any other names have to be ran by the Icelandic Naming Committee.