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TIL That if you combined all of the area of the Nordic countries together, nearly 2/3 of it would just be Greenland. If Greenland became it's own country (it's currently a territory of Denmak), it would be the least densely populated country on the planet.

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Pl5n Til during the process of becoming a butterfly the entire caterpillar will break down into a liquid.
Oo6WX TIL American founding father George Wythe was poisoned by his great-nephew, George Sweeney. Even though Wythes black housekeeper provided evidence against Sweeney, it was thrown out in court because a black person could not legally testify against a white person, and Sweeney went free.
QNGGa TIL about the "Infernal Machine", a 25-barreled gun that the Corsican revolutionary Giuseppe Fieschi tried to assassinate King Louis Phillippe I with in 1835. The device killed 18 people in a single volley and injured 22 (as well as Fieschi himself), but only mildly grazed the King.
E15Go TIL of Texas German, a distinct German dialect spoken in Central Texas.
e0Qab TIL about heavy water, which is just water but slightly heavier