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TIL that the price of gas in Norway is just over $10 per gallon.

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LGRp TIL: France was the only nation to send athletes to compete in Croquet in the the 1900 olympics. All 10 athletes medaled, including 2 unopposed. The only spectator was an elderly englishman who only watch the qualifying round. The sport was deemed too unpopular to include in subsequent olympics
p8KX8 TIL the “Death Zone” is what climbers call the highest part of Mount Everest (everything above 26,247ft). Due to its lack of oxygen, the body literally begins to die, cell by cell. This can result in health risks like impaired judgement, heart attack or stroke, and altitude sickness.
jobE TIL: Locusts emerge from their burrows only after prime number of years to make it difficult for predators to evolve - a rare example of prime numbers in nature.
QJaep TIL the Japanese Empire contained 463 million people in 1943, even more so than the British Empire at its greatest extent (412 million)
0XWN TIL that we have no idea where the body of the last Roman Emperor is buried. When Constantinople fell to the Turks, he tore off his Imperial regalia before leading a last stand, making him difficult to identify. He was most likely buried in a mass grave with his men.