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TIL Iceland has one of the largest gun ownership rates in the world, and yet has one of the lowest crime rates in the world.

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9w7nG TIL that once, in 1910, the Ottoman Empire sent 80,000 stray dogs to a desert island, where they quickly became feral and ended up cannibalizing each other. This event is known as the "Hayırsızada Incident"
woX18 TIL as punishment for not meeting their expectations or quotas, a tech firm based out of Zhengzhou, China made their employees eat raw eggs as punishment. Apparently, employees who did not want to consume the eggs could opt to swallow a whole tube of mustard instead.
rNAb4 TIL that scientists created a 60 year long experiment in Siberia, selectively breeding wild foxes who showed friendly traits. 40 generations later they were as friendly as dogs!
7VWr TIL Tiririca, a Brazilian Clown, used slogans including “What does a federal congressman do? I really don’t know – but if you vote for me, I’ll tell ya” and “It can’t get any worse, vote Tiririca”. He became the second-most-voted congressman in Brazil’s history, with 1,348,295 votes.
J19oB TIL that Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher of Prussia, instrumental in the defeat of Napoleon, was at one point so delusional that he thought a Frenchman had impregnated him with an elephant.