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TIL in 2008, Iceland’s entire banking system collapsed within a week, forcing the country to seek emergency aid from the IMF

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Eg9ew TIL that, if a tree falls in the forest, and there is no one around to hear it, does it make a sound is a philosophical experiment around consciousness.
9wxQp TIL that Jumbo the Elephant from PT Barnum's circus died while trying to save a midget from being run over by a train. Also, he wasn't called "Jumbo" because he was big but the other way around: big things are called "jumbo" because of him.
JYByl TIL that when Auschwitz camp commander Rudolf Höss was accused of murdering three and a half million people during a trial, Höss replied, "No. Only two and one half million—the rest died from disease and starvation."
wVm6 TIL that PETA euthanizes about 99% of the animals that end up in their shelters.