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TIL only one person has been killed by armed police in Iceland since it became an independent republic in 1944

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BrPKD TIL that, in 2014, OkCupid admitted experimenting on its users. Most notably, they ran experiments where they told people who were in fact bad matches that they were good matches, and vice versa. They found people talked more when OkCupid "matched" them and less likely when OkC "mismatched" them.
NNNN TIL Approximately 75% of the world’s population is lactose intolerant. The 25% of people who aren’t are generally of North European descent.
yVlBw TIL that in 1991, flight deck crewman John Bridges was sucked into the intake of an A-6E aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt. Incredibly, he survived because he became wedged in the engine.
VPKZ TIL - There are many examples where the food industry altered federal dietary recommendations (the “food pyramid”) in their own economic self-interest. The industries cashed in but this resulted in an overweight population.
njE9 TIL leaving the US with more than $5.00 in pennies is a crime that could land you in jail for five years.