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TIL: Prostitution Is Thriving although Illegal in Iceland

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KY6OQ TIL LCPL Thomas E. Creek, A US Marine was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic action during the Vietnam war on February 13, 1969. While fighting, He was shot in the neck, Fell into a gully where others were taking cover, and rolled onto a grenade saving the lives of 5 of his fellow Marines.
mxAyY TIL El Salvador's former national currency was the Colon which was in use from 1892 to 2001. It was named after Christopher Columbus known as Cristóbal Colón in Spanish.
rN1vy TIL, during the Cambodian genocide 1.5 - 2 million people were killed and the country's life expectancy dropped below 20.
9YyL6 TIL That the inventor of the IQ test, Alfred Binet, did not created it with the intention of measuring intelligence. Instead, his intention was to classify the "mental age" of kids and indetify the ones that weren't developing themselves well in school and sort of "rescue" them
4k9k5 TIL there's a metal band with a parrot as their vocalist.