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TIL that Iceland makes unusually extensive and public use of its ID numbers and that this has eliminated the need for the country to conduct a regular census: population statistics can be obtained by simply querying a database open to everyone.

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9YRY7 TIL that Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh is an avid hunter and that in 1993 during a seven week stay at the Queen's Sandringham estate he shot 10,000 pheasant.
7rWEO TIL that Dickens' A Christmas Carol is largely responsible for modern Christmas Celebrations
XExMj TIL of the Chagossians, an ethnic group who lived on an isolated island chain until they were evicted by the UK so that the US could build a military base.
OoLwe TIL about Arthur Della Maddalena, an Australian miner who took part in an asbestos shoveling competition. All participants of the competition later died of asbestos related illnesses except for Maddalena, who also won the competition.
DVpj TIL that some homosexual concentration camp prisoners were forced to serve out the remainder of their sentences after liberation and end of WW2