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TIL that every paramedic in Iceland was trained in Pittsburgh

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VyBG TIL that South Korea holds all the Olympics records for Women’s archery and 5/7 of the records for Men’s
b941Q TIL the United States military pays professional sports teams to display patriotism. Between 2012-2014 the military spent $10.4 million on marketing contracts with teams in the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and MLS, while spending $88 million sponsoring a NASCAR racer's car.
R5o57 TIL before David Huddleston was cast as "Big" Jeffrey Lebowski, the Coens considered Robert Duvall(who did not like the script),Anthony Hopkins(who was not interested in playing an American),Jack Nicholson(who was not interested,he only wanted to portray Moses)The Coens' top choice was Marlon Brando
boPa TIL that there was a United States Military Academy class that had 59 of the 164 in the class achieve the rank General and above, 2 achieved the highest rank in the US military. It has been nicknamed The Class the Stars Fell On.
x6L90 TIL that there are a total of 33 places named Aberdeen worldwide