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TIL Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas

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JYwx4 TIL About the rarest blood on Earth. In 49 years, Rh-null has only been known in 43 or so people around the world.
Br5px TIL Apu from The Simpsons said “thank you, come again” only eight times during the entire series
mxWoo TIL of Sam Panopoulos, a Greek Canadian restaurateur who in 1962 at the Satellite restaurant in Chatham, Ontario, decided to put ham and pineapple on a pizza, aiming for something sweet and savory. He called it the Hawaiian pizza and his food invention has earned wrath and praise ever since.
WaJX TIL that in 1942, a US Navy Captain successfully sank a German U-Boat off the Louisiana coast. The Navy disbelieved his report because he “hadn’t received anti-submarine training” and reprimanded him and his crew for what they presumed must have been a “sloppy” attack. He was removed from command.
R7oyw TIL Roald Dahl (writer of charlie and the chocolate factory) also wrote the screenplay for the James Bond film You Only Live Twice