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TIL the Norwegians have their government outgunned by 16:1

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nedd9 TIL if Pluto was recognized as a planet, then there should be 4 other dwarf planets added to the planet list: Ceres, Haumea, Makemake and Eris.
e0B5b TIL Comedian Rodney Dangerfield was recognized by the Smithsonian Institution, which put one of his trademark white shirts and red ties on display. When he handed the shirt to the museum's curator, Rodney joked, "I have a feeling you're going to use this to clean Lindbergh's plane."
wXZE TIL that bullet-resistant glass can be designed to work one way and not the other
QNDr6 TIL that when a volcanic eruption started a few hundred meters from the main settlement of the island of Heimaey, a stroke of luck in the form of a storm during the prior days meant that almost the entire fishing fleet was in the harbor which aided in the speedy evacuation of the 5,300 inhabitants.
R7Zva TIl of anthropologist Nancy Scheper-Hughes, who after researching international black market organ trade, made the "unusual" decision" to share her findings with law enforcement including the FBI, which later resulted in several arrests.