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TIL Potatoes were associated with witchcraft and devil worship in 1600s

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yVlXl TIL that all polar bears in Iceland are shot on sight. They are not native to the island, and dangerous because they are hungry after floating over on ice from Greenland. It is too difficult and expensive to return them home.
6Ex88 TIL that San Marino is obliged to use Italy's mint, and is forbidden to cultivate tobacco. In exchange for these limitations, Italy provides San Marino an annual stipend of 250 tonnes of sea salt, 40 tonnes of tobacco and 20 tonnes of cigarettes.
Rp8a TIL that the United States experiences 75% of the worlds known tornadoes
OoXwg TIL: Portland, Oregon was nearly called Boston, Oregon. All because of a coin flip.
MeMn7 TIL that the FBI used fingerprints to pursue and arrest an innocent Oregon lawyer for the 2004 Madrid bombings, despite Spanish police insisting they were not a match