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TIL That Iceland has more books written, read, and sold per capita than any other country and that one in ten Icelanders will become a published author in their lifetime

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BgLmb TIL the reason Miller High Life is called "The Champagne of Beers" is because of the shape of the bottle ("Champagne-shaped bottle with sloping shoulders"), not the quality of the beer itself.
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