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TIL Sweden is so green it has to import garbage.

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oMeE TIL that 6 of the most famous speeches in history; Eisenhower’s “military–industrial complex”, JFK’s “ask not what your country can do”, “we choose to go to the moon”, Mandela’s “I am prepared to die”, JFK’s “ich bin ein Berliner”, and MLK’s “I have a dream” were made within 2 years of each other.
xkKw TIL there’s a skyscraper in Japan that has a highway passing through its fifth, sixth and seventh floors.
R7aVQ TIL in 1941, the crew of submarine HMS Trident were given a reindeer as a gift by the USSR navy and it spend six weeks on the sub with them until they reached home.
OGeJY TIL that printer ink is more expensive than the actual printer because manufacturers like Epson or HP sell printers at a loss price because they want companies to mass buy printers, and then spend money on ink.
nW6Ar TIL: There is scented thermal paste. Clock Work Tea Party, a company in Japan, makes scented thermal paste for pc builders with scents such as strawberry, green apple, or "flowers from heaven"