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TIL Iceland is a Non-African state member of the African Union

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5Y0pQ TIL Arnold Palmer's father taught both Arnold Palmer and Mister Rogers how to play golf
04gA TIL that trading commodities on insider information, as shown in the movie Trading Places, was not illegal until the “Eddie Murphy” rule was passed in 2010
bDl9 TIL that the inventor of medical anesthasia became addicted to inhaling chloroform and slowly became deranged, eventually throwing acid on prostitutes clothes and later killing himself with his shaving kit.
wL7W1 TIL Myostatin is a protein produced in the human body that inhibits muscle growth. People with myostatin deficiency have twice the muscle mass of the average human and usually more muscle strength. Strongman Eddie Hall has myostatin deficiency
KO41w TIL that there is a town in West Virginia, USA named "Hundred" for centenarian Henry "Old Hundred" Church. He was a British soldier under Cornwallis who was captured and stayed in the area until his death in 1860 at 109. He was born c. 1751 and was about 25 when the DOI was signed.