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TIL that in the flag of Norway you can draw 5 other flags

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X6D TIL During the battle for Iwo Jima, a 17 year old Marine jumped on top of two grenades to protect his comrades. He survived both explosions.
WkQlX TIL coins thrown into the Trevi fountain in Rome where collected by an Italian man for 34 years. Doing this 6 days a week; making sometimes as much as $1000 for a 15 minutes splash. He started fishing the fountain in 1968.
XQpD TIL a 45 year-old Canadian spent 11 years walking around the world. He traveled over 75,000 km and burned through 54 pairs of shoes.
ZpJRQ TIL one of the co-creators of Keurig machines was diagnosed with caffeine poisoning due to his daily 30 to 40 cup coffee habit
EBEw TIL of Ewa Wiśnierska, a German paraglider that survived lightning, pounding hail, -40°C temperatures and oxygen deprivation after a storm system sucked her to an altitude higher than Mount Everest.