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TIL That while Iceland doesn't have mosquitos per se, Iceland does have similar behaving, blood-sucking insects called Midges

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XPw8 TIL that Brazil participated in WW2, the only independent South American country to do so. The 25,000-troop Brazilian Expeditionary Force worked alongside the Allies, and managed to take 20,573 Axis prisoners, consisting of two generals, 892 officers and 19,679 other ranks.
9BpG TIL Millennials are saving more money than any other generation
LQ59r TIL it’s Macaroni and Cheese Day, National Nude Day, and SpongeBob SquarePants’ birthday.
WkwnN TIL Amway, the infamously successful MLM company, its Chinese ‘sale reps’ were so toxic that its name in Chinese, AN LI, has entered the vernacular to mean to “promote heavily” or to “be brainwashed.”
jWmQ TIL that “The Legend of Zelda” creator based the character Link on the Walt Disney version of Peter Pan – both characters had green tunics, pointy ears, and no parents, and both were accompanied by sassy fairies.