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TIL in 2016 12% of the entire population of Iceland traveled to France to cheer on their football (soccer) team during the Euro Championships

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xVrn7 TIL An 8-month-old pit bull in California was hailed a hero after she alerted her family of a fire in their apartment complex by barking like crazy on the back door. Once inside, the pit bull ran to save their 7-month-old daughter by pulling her by her diaper and dragging her off the bed.
EgxDX TIL that Swiss voters rejected a proposal to reduce working hours in 2002
WkQPX TIL Konstanz is one of the few towns in Germany left untouched by the Second World War. Instead of blackout, the city would leave all its lights on at night in order to fool Allied bomber crews into thinking that it was part of nearby Switzerland.
vBVK TIL branched alkane Tetraethylmethane is also called Nazinonane.
XEKbD TIL that Admiral Sir William James, born in 1881, was, as a young child, the model for a famous painting titled "Bubbles" which was subsequently used to advertise Pears Soap. This fame dogged him throughout his life and he was regularly nicknamed "Bubbles", much to his chagrin.