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TIL that there is a town in Alaska called Whittier, and nearly everyone in that town lives in the same building.

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Y7V9x TIL that Mbaye Diagne was a UN peacekeeper who disobeyed his orders to stand down during the Rwandan Genocide in 1994. Acting entirely on his own initiative, he embarked on rescue missions. Diagne is credited with singlehandedly saving the lives of as many as 1000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
jvVa TIL according to MIT the toughest tongue twister is: “Pad kid poured curd pulled cod”
KKMw TIL that there were 32 solar panels on the White House, and that Ronald Reagan had them removed.
yZPX TIL the Austrian village of “Fucking” is particularly popular with British tourists. A local tour guide said: “The Germans all want to see Mozart’s house in Salzburg; the Americans want to see where The Sound of Music was filmed…but for the British, it’s all about Fucking.”
WkD18 TIL the last time Germany did not make an appearance at the FIFA World Cup was 1950, when it was banned from entering.