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TIL there are only 210 people in the armed forces of Iceland

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W76EA TIL former Florida Governor and Senator Bob Graham spent 921 days working regular jobs during his career. He wanted to understand how jobs were like from the perspective of the workers.
j6ElQ TIL Captain Charles McVay of the USS Indianapolis remains the only US Navy Captain to be court martialed for losing his ship in a time of war. Though his sentence was commuted, a lifetime of tragedy and guilt led him to take his own life in 1968
mZxR TIL That a shipwreck salvage company called Odyssey found a wreck worth half a BILLION dollars in 2007 (17 tons of silver and gold). They got to keep none of it and had to return it to Spain in 2012 despite it being found in International waters.
v1QPB TIL that David Carradine of Kill Bill fame, died of accidental autoerotic asphxyiation in his hotel room in Bangkok in 2009
4XjyJ TIL that BBC's documentary series "Human Planet" was riddled with faked and staged scenes including a segment where Venezuelan children ate tarantulas in a film studio.