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TIL that after WWII, the U.S. Congress considered a proposal to make Iceland the 49th state

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O8x7 TIL phytoplankton account for half of the world’s supply of oxygen
9Y0j6 TIL the earliest Sanskrit text is not found in India, but in Northern Syria
X0wmk TIL that the Nanga Parbat is the only mountain taller than 8000 meters, whose maiden summit was done solo. The climber, Hermann Buhl, did so by taking methamphetamine and reaching the summit after a 19 hour long climb from his camp.
xXmb TIL that the “wort wort wort” exclamation is more than heard in Halo by Covenant Elites is more than just nonsense. Played backwards it is “go go go”.
QNDe9 TIL about Kummakivi, a large balancing rock in Ruokolahti, Finland.