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TIL in 1954, archaeologists excavating an 8th-century Viking settlement in Sweden found a Buddha statuette from India

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r9Wx TIL the chief minster of Karnataka, India is a self-confessed agnostic. During his swearing-in ceremony, he took oath in the name of “Truth” and not God.
D1LYj TIL India and Pakistan fought a war in the mountains at over 20,000 feet in altitude (6,000 meters) in 1984
b9aDQ TIL in 1981 President Ronald Reagan fired the entire air traffic controllers union, invoking a law that stated government employees that engaged in a strike forfeited their jobs.
dZN7 TIL A Bahraini Princess eloped with an American Marine she met in a shopping mall.
nYGP TIL that people can come down with an illness that causes rapid heartbeat, dizziness, fainting, confusion and even hallucinations when exposed to art or natural beauty - It’s called Stendhal syndrome.