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TIL there are more Norwegians in America than there are in Norway
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TIL a stray dog followed a Swedish racing team through the Amazonian jungles and rivers to complete a 430-mile (688 km) race, just because one of the team members had given it a meat ball during one of the earlier halts.
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TIL that Phil Sokolof, a wealthy businessman who ate fast food daily and suffered a heart attack, launched a $15 million dollar campaign against McDonald's for their "unhealthy menu", forcing the burger chain to switch from cooking in beef tallow to the "healthier" vegetable oil.
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TIL Captain Robert Knox (1641 – 1720) of British East India Company was imprisoned for 20 years in the south asian island of Ceylon. Upon his escape he bought back a "strange intoxicating herb" unheard of in Europe. The herb is known today as Cannabis Indica.
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TIL that If you observe a a rainbow from an airplane (a glory), it will make a full circle, and you will always see the shadow of the plane in the center of the circle.
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TIL before lending his song In Your Eyes to the film Say Anything, Peter Gabriel asked to see the movie. He was sent a copy, and Gabriel approved the use of his song, but said he was uneasy about the main character’s overdose at the end; the studio had mistakenly sent him the film Wired instead.