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TIL .tv domain is associated with Tuvalu, a tiny country in the South Pacific, and that the income they receive from it composes around 1/12 of the country's total income.

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bMp9 TIL that “The shortest St Patrick’s Day parade in the world takes place in Dripsey, Cork. The parade lasts just 100 yards and travels between the village’s two pubs.”
k5p1 TIL that hurricanes and cyclones cannot cross the equator.
4XwPN TIL that in 1990, a man named Iben Browning predicted a massive earthquake would hit New Madrid, Missouri on December 3rd. The prediction sparked a panic. Schools in 5 states closed, and over 200 media outlets sent reporters to the area. Browning had no seismology expertise, and nothing happened.
JB84 TIL that at the end of WWII, the Canadian Navy was the 3rd largest Navy in the world
4koEX TIL there once was a footballer who got shot because of a prank