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TIL Edgar Wright, the director of Hot Fuzz, used to work at the supermarket featured in the shootout in the film. Wright also has a brief cameo as an employee in an earlier scene.

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16Z77 TIL that in 1982, to protest Border Patrol inspections that were harming tourism, the city of Key West, FL declared independence. The mayor named himself Prime Minister of the Conch Republic, declared war on the US, surrendered one minute later, then applied for one billion dollars in foreign aid.
pY5eA TIL an estimated 400,000 children were fathered by occupying forces in Germany during World War II.
b9AOa TIL: Platypuses (when swimming/hunting) are also one of the only mammals to use electroreception, meaning they locate prey by the electrical pulses they generate through their body.
E1X0W TIL in Iceland your last name comes from your father's name with 'son' or 'dottir' added to the end based on your gender. If father is Jonas then your last name will be Jonasson if son or Jonasdottir if daughter. Ergo, all last names end with son or dottir and you always know the fathers name.
5ekR TIL that mucophagy, or eating your own boogers, strengthens the immune system and children who do this are healthier and happier than their peers