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TIL that Icelandic Air allows up to a 7 day layover in Iceland at no additional cost

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kQoe TIL Arrested Development actor, David Cross, was arrested in 2012 for snorting cocaine in the White House.
9YdKX TIL Bai Fangli, "a Chinese pedicab driver", "donated 350,000 yuan (US$54,958 in 2015) over a span of 18 years to enable more than 300 poor students to continue with their studies". He "wore second hand discarded clothes", "lived in a shabby house", "ate humble food" and donated most of his income.
WOlY TIL a man bet his brother he could gather 1 million pennies. It took 30 years, but the man won the bet! However, neither the U.S. Mint, the U.S. Comptroller of Currency, coin collectors nor the local bank will cash in his $10k stash without a charge.
7rlex TIL about Klepetan, a male stork who migrates from South Africa to Croatia every year for the last 15 years to be with Melena, a female stork who can't fly after being shot by a hunter. She lives indoors until his return and they stay in a nest on a roof until he leaves. They've had over 40 babies.
9w4Qm TIL the Bureau of Land Management uses trigger activated sodium cyanide traps to kill coyotes on public lands which inadvertently kill thousands of pets and endangered species every year.