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TIL Sweden has the most islands in the world.

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gMBEy TIL that the Apollo 11 astronauts signed applications to Travelers Insurance Company for space travel accident insurance for their mission to the moon. The policies would insure against accidents but also against "disease endemic to the lunar surface or its environs".
neGw7 TIL in 1987 Jeremy Clarkson used to write Amstrad CPC video game reviews for the magazine Amstrad Computer User.
v11Er TIL Dr. Ruth, the famous sex therapist, was a trained sniper with the Israeli Defence Force.
QJBM TIL that Karen Carpenter died on the same day that her divorce was supposed to be finalized. At her funeral her husband took off his wedding ring and threw it into her casket.
Z884D TIL Adidas purchased its famous 3-stripe logo from Karhu Sports in 1952, for two bottles of whiskey, and the equivalent of 1600 euros