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TIL that Iceland decided against bailing out the banks, wrote a new constitution to reduce the power of money, and had the fastest recovery from the recession.

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kEam TIL James Stewart is the highest-ranking actor in military history (Brigadier General). He was World War II and Vietnam War Veteran and Licensed Commercial Pilot. In 1996, he was due to have the battery in his pacemaker changed, but opted not to, preferring to let things happen naturally.
Gke4 TIL in 1992, a UK regulation required dance clubs to provide free water and chill-out rooms in response to a number of Ecstasy-related injuries and deaths
oRlkr TIL: That whilst shooting the music video for Sledgehammer, Peter Gabriel lay under a sheet of glass for 16 hours while filming the video one frame at a time. "It took a lot of hard work", Gabriel recalled, "I was thinking at the time, if anyone wants to try and copy this video, good luck to them."
GYn1E TIL computers were usually beige in the past because Germany initiated workplace standards that required 'light-value' colors on office computing equipment, causing other European countries to follow suit. This made it financially attractive to solely produce beige computers.
e08xn TIL The exclamation "Yee-haw" was invented by Hollywood. It may have come from the terms to lead a team of horses right (gee) and left (haw).