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TIL Alaska is larger than all of Scandinavia

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NX8y8 TIL Novo Nordisk, the pharmaceutical company producing Wegovy/Ozempic, has a higher market value than the entire GDP of its home country (Denmark)
v1GDB TIL Iran carries out more sex change operations than any other nation in the world except Thailand. This is because homosexuality is forbidden while being trans is officially recognized by the government and seen as a good solution to same sex attraction.
b9op TIL “Backpfeifengesicht” is a German term for a face that badly needs a punch
9wkJQ TIL of Thomas Midgley, possible the unluckiest Genius ever. He developed FCKW (extremely ozone-depleting), developed leaded gasoline (very negative environmental impact) and invented a lift to help himself, weakened by polio, out of bed (he died being strangled by it).
VMMR8 TIL Humans actually emit light (but very dim)