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TIL than in 2012 Iceland considered adopting the Canadian Dollar as its currency

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L4yp TIL that whales, sturgeon, dolphins and porpoises that wash up on the shore in the UK are “royal fish” and are property of the Queen.
8aKNV TIL: Ancient Romans used a community sponge on a stick to wipe their butts. The wealthy carried their own shit sticks. [NSFW]
W7oAo TIL that in 2017, a 28-year-old Wichita resident was shot and killed in a hoax swatting due to a online argument surrounding a $1.50 wager in Call of Duty. The victim was not part of the argument and was simply living at the address one of the parties falsely claimed as theirs.
Ooma7 TIL that they make and sell blue Santa suits in Liverpool as they are the colours of Everton FC and fans refuse to wear Red and White as they are the colours of their rivals, Liverpool FC.
E1brX TIL that photographer Eddie Adams regretted that Vietnamese General Nguyen Ngoc Loan was perceived negatively after his Pulitzer-winning photograph of Loan executing a war criminal and described Loan as "a goddamned hero."