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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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VMWxk TIL: Altitude can effect how we perceive taste. Thus airlines alter food pallets specifically for high altitude enjoyment.
DmKV TIL there is a modern day Anti Pope, Pope Gregory XVIII is the head of the Palmarian Catholic Church which broke away from the Roman Catholics in 1978 and claim all popes after Pope Paul VI are illegitimate.
PG6g TIL Cows’ farts +burps are more damaging towards the environment since Methane gas is 20x more powerful than CO2. Each cow releases 200-400lbs per yr methane through flatulence. French company Valorex SAS is enforcing farmers to feed cows alfalfa and flax seed to result in 25% less methane release.
8eBQ4 TIL there are actually three species of bottlenose dolphin: the common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (T. aduncus), and Tamanend's bottlenose dolphin (T. erebennus).
jN1an TIL that a woman’s skull was unearthed in David Attenborough’s back garden, solving a 130 year old murder mystery.