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TIL that if all the natural disasters and epidemics in Iceland since the 18th century hadn’t happened, the population of Iceland is estimated to have been 3 times larger today than it currently is.

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gxZ7 TIL that Justin Bieber is the fifth most hated man in a US poll that includes murderers.
n5Kd TIL That England and Wales don’t report murders as murders unless someone is convicted. The US could drop its murder rate by half if it used the same method.
4XeA6 TIL that the creators/directors/writers for Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Parks and Rec, Rick and Morty, Bob’s Burgers, Silicon Valley, Modern Family, The Good Place, and American Dad all got their big breaks on King of the Hill
4MXw TIL Big game hunting in Africa, when done responsibly, can actually benefit endangered species and produce revenue for the conservation
6oVZ TIL that earth has several other companions additional to our moon, such as Cruithne and the trojan asteroid 2010 TK7, which is about 300 meters large, and revolve the sun coupled to earth’s orbit.