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TIL that the poor in Haiti have to resort to eating cookies made of dirt just to give themselves the feeling of being full.

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16pgW TIL about the Hessdalen lights: These are unexplained lights that have been observed in the Hessdalen valley in Norway since the 1940s. The lights appear as floating orbs and have been witnessed by thousands of people over the years.
P65V TIL During WWII, when he realised his guns had malfunctioned, an RAF pilot prevented a German bomber from bombing Buckingham Palace by cutting the German plane in half with the wing of his Hawker Hurricane.
OoZD6 TIL About the "Hand in the Trunk" incident - Journalists tailed a car with human hand sticking out
7revp TIL that Iceland, which is a country that strongly supports firearms, hasn't had a murder since 2007
6EoaQ TIL that the 1988 sequel, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes happened because of a Muppet Babies episode