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TIL Pakistan has the highest number of glaciers in the world, outside of the polar regions.

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MeNKb TIL that the passenger trains between the german city Puttgarden and danish city Rødby take the ferry to get from one side to the other
4Xm9b TIL about Cremora Tart, a South African no bake dessert made with powdered non-dairy coffee creamer.
0wmbM TIL that to celebrate the end of winter children in Poland create a straw doll that represents Marzanna, goddess of death, winter, and nightmares; which they then set on fire and drown in a river to cleanse themselves of the harsh winter they've endured
4kg0N TIL May 2 1922 Gen. Montgomery led a convoy to Macroom Castle, Cork where he ordered the IRA to surrender 4 captives or they would raze the town. In response, the Commander told him to leave “within 10 minutes”. Monty then looked up to see he had been quietly surrounded by Irish Volunteers. He fled.
xQao TIL Jeremiah Haralson, the first African American of the Alabama House of Representatives and later a member of Congress, is believed to be the only member of Congress to have been killed and eaten by wild animals