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TIL that the first known instance of written Finnish is the phrase 'I wish I knew how to speak Finnish, but I'm not able.'

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ZKQD TIL Among the 561 Nobel prize awarded between 1901 and 2013, 2 have been declined. Jean Paul Sartre (litterature) because he would refuse any kind of official honors, and Le Duc Tho (peace) because he thought peace wasn’t yet achieved in his country.
nW7RG Today I learned that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not established regulatory limits for heavy metals in finished food products other than bottled water.
rNWLd TIL in 1996, a 21-year-old man burst into a New Zealand radio station, took the manager hostage and demanded that Kermit the Frog's rendition of Rainbow Connection be played.
8gDL TIL behind the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad in Medina a grave is reserved for Jesus as it is believed Jesus will return before end of times to kill the anti-Christ and will live on Earth for 40 years and die.
rJyo TIL that if you replaced the sun with a ball of gerbils of equal mass, the Earth would fry because they generate more heat energy than the sun per equivalent amount of mass