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TIL that Iceland leads the world in books written, published and sold per person. One in ten Icelanders will publish a book during their lifetime.

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5Y0nR TIL a species of dolphin has twice as many brain neurons as a human brain.
jNaav TIL a 10 year old girl saved the lives of 100 people from the 2004 tsunami. She had just learned about tsunamis in school before her family's vacation to Thailand. When she saw the warning signs she alerted her parents who then alerted a security guard who evacuated everyone to high ground.
4dVb TIL The person who holds the record for most Oscars is Walt Disney. He has 22.
l4vK TIL Muhammad Ali was stripped of his heavyweight title, had his passport revoked and faced a five-year prison term for refusing to serve in the U.S. Armed Services at the height of the Vietnam War. “I ain’t got no quarrel with those Vietcong,” he said. “They never called me n****r.”
WkrRA TIL James Corden starred in a UK television commercial for Tango soft drinks that was banned