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TIL Finland has 178,947 islands.

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Me4L7 TIL that Vincent Van Gogh might have been murdered by a teenage bully who dressed as a cowboy.
ADYyg TIL after surviving the plane crash that killed three of his bandmates, Artimus Plyle (the drummer of Lynyrd Skynyrd) was shot in the shoulder by a farmer as he stumbled though a field with a group of survivors.
4klmX TIL in 2017 researchers hoping to study how various scavengers disrupt human remains set up a camera trap fully expecting to only see images of foxes, raccoons, coyotes, & various birds. However, they ended up capturing the first known photographic evidence of a deer gnawing on human remains.
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Bgw4L TIL: the White Pine tree was one of the major symbols of the American Revolution. Following the White Pines Act and subsequent Pine Riots (similar to the Tea act and Tea Party), the tree was featured on some of the new nation's first coinage and flags, and is still officially used in some roles.