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TIL I learned about a place in Norway called Hell

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8egk8 TIL the colors of the Olympic rings were chosen because they are the five colors that appear in every flag in the world.(minimum one colour)
R7X5w TIL about the Storozhevoy's mutiny. Valery Sablin, the ship's political commissar, detained the captain and other officers, prompting a manhunt involving half of the Baltic fleet, including 13 naval vessels and 60 warplanes. This incident was the basis for Tom Clancy's The Hunt for Red October.
L8OQ TIL that you would have to consume 1,500 pounds of marijuana in 15 minutes to overdose
pYJgO TIL that the first medical diagnosis describing ADHD was in 1775, which is also the same year that the steam engine was patented and successfully mass-produced.
DvMr TIL that wrongful convict Shareef Cousin was arrested on the basis of an anonymous tip to crimestoppers. It was later discovered that the officer who arrested him was the one who phoned in the tip and collected the 10K reward.