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TIL the country of Micronesia consists of 607 islands with a combined area of 271 sq miles of land that sit in 1.2 million sq miles of ocean.

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ADoZg TIL Nicolas Cage once donated $2 million to Amnesty International for them to use to offer rehabilitation shelters, medical services and psychological and reintegration services to some of the 300,000 children forced to fight in conflicts across the world.
AZX7 TIL a pastor of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands who is a priest for over 30 years is known as the atheist pastor because he doesn’t believe in God.
6ElrZ TIL Iceland used to have a lot of tree cover and the Vikings caused some of the worlds worst environmental degradation
Xp06 TIL: In 1973, a kid entered a Marvel Comics competition to design a new superhero. His published entry had a metal skeleton and was called Wolverine. Six months later, Wolverine made his first appearance in a comic with no credit for the kid.
9D17 TIL Humans’ and Dogs’ brains have evolved to understand each others’ vocalizations to some degree, including dogs understanding human laughter.