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OoBZg TIL there is roughly as much vitamin C in one ounce of narwhal skin as there is in one ounce of oranges.
5YjRB TIL all current Purple Heart medals awarded still today were created for the Japanese invasion during WWII that never happened
wLG68 TIL: The Darien Gap is a 106 km gap of nearly impassible marsh and jungle between Panama and Columbia that prevents the construction of a highway/road between North and South America and is the only missing piece in connecting the Pan-American Highway
oBxoL TIL that Iceland is essentially free of mosquitoes
nWlm9 TIL In 1966, the United States Air Force lost 4 hydrogen bombs above Palomares (Spain) after a midair collision. Two of these bombs spreaded radioactive material, including plutonium-239, over a wide area. A large amount of contaminated Spanish soil was removed, packed up, and ship to the US.