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TIL that many Icelanders refer to WW2 as "the blessed war" because the country has the war to thank for their independence.

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oB9VE TIL Anne Frank’s dad edited her diary, removing things about sex and dirty jokes.
lo85a TIL that the Australian accent developed from early settlers who spent most of their days drunk
gjDD TIL that the actual Navy pilot that flipped the bird at the MiG pilot in the movie Top Gun was Scott Altman, who later was selected an astronaut by NASA and flew on 4 Shuttle missions
1aBxr TIL about anti-natalism, the philosophical position that assigns negative value to birth. Anti-natalists argue that bringing a person into an existence in which they will undoubtedly experience pain and/or discouragement is inherently morally wrong and selfish.
691jX TIL 19-year-old Matilda Scheurer, a Victorian-era factory worker, died after regular exposure to Scheele's Green, a popular arsenic-based dye used in various common items at the time. She died after allegedly vomiting green, while the whites of her eyes and her fingernails turned green.