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TIL In Iceland, around 90% of homes are heated from geothermal sources.

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oBxa8 TIL that Sergeant Stubby, a stray dog found during military training in 1917, served with the 102nd Infantry Regiment in WWI, saving them repeatedly due to his ability to smell mustard gas at a distance. After the war, he became a celebrity, meeting three presidents and traveling around the country.
G4M1 TIL that Pat Sajak and Alex Trebek swapped places on Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune as an April Fool’s joke in 1997
0wvB5 TIL Actor Cary Grant experimented with LSD in the late 1950's an estimated 100 times and stated that it was the solution after many years of "searching for his peace of mind", and that for first time in his life he was "truly, deeply and honestly happy".
RdQl TIL Harry Truman created the school lunch program in 1946 in response to the high number of military draftees that were rejected because of malnutrition.
v1lML TIL of Takayama Ukon, a 1500s Japanese Daimyo who converted to Catholicism and is a candidate for Sainthood in the Vatican. If canonized, Takayama will be the first Samurai saint, the only Daimyo saint, and since he was exiled to the Philippines for being a Christian, the third Filipino saint.