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TIL that prior to human settlement, the only land-based mammal on Iceland were arctic foxes.

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8aL54 TIL that working dogs in the United States military always outrank their human handler.
mRpM TIL “Chimney Sweeps” were originally enslaved children who would shimmy up a chimney with a cleaning brush - and oftentimes they would get stuck in the process and die. The deaths were so common that brick masons developed a technique to open chimneys and extract bodies quickly.
R79K1 TIL there is a correlation between religiosity and intelligence
dDyb9 TIL Wolverine almost a cameo in Spider-Man 1, Hugh Jackman travelled to New York to film a scene but the idea was scrapped when the production team realized they had lost Wolverine's suit
JYLxm TIL The Supremes are the most successful American group on the US Billboard Hot 100 with 12 number-one peaks holding the record since 1970. The closest group after them is Hall & Oates with 6.