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TIL: That there is a church in Iceland where you can worship the norse gods

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NXjZP TIL the King of Bhutan is given the title "Druk Gyalpo" which translates literally to "Dragon King" because Bhutan's official name "Druk yul" translates to "Land of the Thunder Dragon"
kOymB TIL U.S Soldier Sgt. Dennis Weichel gave his life to save an afghan girl as a 16 ton heavily armored vehicle was headed toward her.
npKo TIL A 20 year old spent six months looking for the person who killed his online character in a virtual knife fight, found him living a few miles away, and stabbed him in the chest.
BrjxD TIL in 35th fastest supercomputer in the world in 2010 was The Condor Cluster built by the US Air Force from over 1700 PS3s linked together running Linux
vJvB TIL at the 2000 Sydney Games, the stock of 70,000 condoms was not enough for the athletes, prompting a second order of 20,000 additionally. Since then, a standing order of 100,000 condoms has to be made per Olympics to accommodate all the sex that occurs at the Olympic Village during the downtime.