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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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J18OB TIL that carnies have their own language called ciazarn, which is similar to pig Latin.
b9p9a TIL after the TV series ended, the helicopter from Airwolf was sold and served as an ambulance helicopter in Germany until it crashed in 1992, killing all on board.
ANrAB TIL in Denmark you had to officially check underneath your vehicle to make sure there aren't children hiding/sleeping there.
Zv1Y TIL that there is only 1 woman in the top 100 chess players in the world, and no woman has ever won a world championship.
OGlj1 TIL that Aaron Sorkin refitted a speech written for and rejected by former CA Gov. Gray Davis to address the events of September 11th. It went on to be one of the most iconic moments in the West Wing