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TIL upon being elected mayor of Reykjavík, Jón Gnarr said he would only consider working with politicians who agreed that the HBO series “The Wire” was the best thing to happen to television.

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Wky0N TIL a small lake in Africa killed 1,700 villagers and 3,500 livestock overnight when it suddenly released 300,000 tons of carbon dioxide, suffocating everything within 16 miles. Scientists still don't know what triggered the event.
yQkLe TIL that The Adventures of Tintin was originally created as propaganda for the youth wing of a far-right, Catholic Belgian newspaper. However, it soon grew far more popular than the paper itself.
ANrv7 TIL that in the 1960s, a major conflict broke out between Brazil and France that essentially argued about whether lobsters walked or swam. At its peak, both countries sent out warships to protect their fishing zones.
VBQPm TIL English comedian Benny Hill was born Alfred Hill, but adopted the nickname "Benny" as an homage to comedian Jack Benny
NKXe TIL With over 4,700 species of frogs, only one (the Pacific Tree Frog) goes “RIBBIT”. Because Hollywood sound engineers recorded clips of local frogs for various films over the years, we associate the “RIBBIT” sound with frogs to this day.