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l7W8K TIL that Iceland's largest tree is a 75-year-old Sitka spruce, planted in 1949 in the forest of Kirkjubæjarklaustur. Measuring 80+ feet in 2013, the tree portrays the importance of forestry and reclaiming land for natural usage in the region's thin, volcanic soils, which are subject to erosion.
8B4a TIL autistic savant Daniel Tammet learned Icelandic in just one week, and then went through a live interview on national TV in the language
nYo7 TIL in 1975 a man died of laughter while watching his favourite TV show. His widow later sent The programme a letter thanking them for making his final moments of life so pleasant.
awwJZ TIL The only US Marine Translator during the UN mission in Somalia was actually the son and successor to the enemy general Mohamed Farrah Aidid.
Wk66X TIL that there is a Jewish myth about a giant lion called Tigris. The lion had a head 21 feet (9 cubits) wide. In the myth, Tigris roared, women within 2200 kilometers miscarried and a city was destroyed. Tigris roared a second time and the teeth of the men looking for Tigris fell out