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TIL Bill Murray has been in every Wes Anderson film since 1998.

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b9EVp TIL Disappointment Island is an uninhabited island in New Zealand. In 1868, a steel tanker crashed on the island which killed 68 people, leaving the 15 survivors waiting 18 months to be rescued. In 1907, another ship ended up crashing there and 12 men drowned.
neywr TIL A corn is a protective thickening of the skin on the top of the foot, usually on a bony, knobby portion of a toe. At the center of a corn is often a dense knot of skin called a core, which is located over the area of greatest friction or pressure
Lkd00 TIL that the French philosophy on emergency medical care is to provide a higher level of care at the scene of the incident, and so every ambulance is staffed with a Doctor who arrives on site.
p8LaN TIL Indonesia is the world’s largest island nation it contains thousands and thousands of islands. Indonesia has so many islands it has never been able to fully count or name them. Indonesia is embarking on an ambitious island census to count the islands and registering their names.
rR94W TIL Sioux City's airport code is SUX. When they tried to change it, the FAA offered them GAY as an alternative, which they declined.