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TIL that every Friday 8.2 percent of Norwegian households eat tacos – “Taco Friday” is one of the most well-known meal traditions in the country

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R9A7 TIL that China’s Three Gorges Dam shifted the poles by 2 cm and also led to an increase of 0.06 microseconds in day’s duration only due to its huge production capacity
1a6yd TIL there is a company that specializes in "breastaurant" uniforms to sell to places like "Hooters" or "Twin Peaks".
4X58b TIL In 2015 a district in Iceland repealed a 400-year-old decree to kill any Basque caught in the area on sight. The edict was issued in 1615 after a storm destroyed 3 Basque whaling vessels on an expedition in Iceland. The crew resorted to robbery that eventually led to the Slaying of the Spaniards
8aLVa TIL About Washing Machine Charlie, a WW2 Japanese pilot who would fly by American bases at night with unsynchronized engines which would wake up the Americans.
Y7j8G TIL that during World War II, the Allies found out that the Germans were using the Leaning Tower of Pisa as a lookout point. A U.S. Army Sergeant who was sent to check for German troops was struck by the tower's beauty and chose not to call for an artillery attack on it.