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TIL that there isn’t a single McDonalds chain in Iceland

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eG5b TIL Charlie (from the TV show It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) was right. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 makes it illegal to own a hummingbird in the United States.
9wL4r TIL that the city of Tulsa is basically a contraction of the word “Tallahassee”, the Creek word for “Old Town”.
XR66 TIL penguins have an specialized organ that filters salt from their bloodstream, allowing them to drink salt water
PY66g TIL that before the 12th Amendment the Vice President was the Presidential candidate who won the second most votes, instead of a running mate
4kLXa TIL: During the peak of the Vietnam war the Củ Chi tunnels linked Viet Cong support bases over a distance of 250 kilometers (155 miles), from the outskirts of Saigon all the way to the Cambodian border.