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TIL that after a nuclear test at the Bikini Atoll one of the experimental animals, Pig 311, actually survived and was found swimming for shore in a lagoon. It was eventually retire to the National Zoological Park in DC

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9wYYG TIL that the danish 19th century pastor N.F.S. Grundtvig argued for freedom of speech and religion with the quote: "Freedom for Loki as well as for Thor"
LklZp TIL that in 1958 the Soviets reached one of the most remote places in Antarctica where they built a cabin. When they left they placed a bust of Lenin on top of the chimney facing in the direction of Moscow, which today is now the only thing standing above the snow
1Wrr TIL that Snorri Thorfinnsson, born between 1004 and 1013 in present day Newfoundland, was the first person with European parents to be born in North America
J1yA8 TIL that the iconic barber’s pole is representative of when barbers were also surgeons and bloodletters. The red stripes represent the bloody towels drying in the wind.
9w6xG TIL that the United Nations has an agency dedicated to tourism