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TIL Nokia was founded in 1865.

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gMyM8 TIL: Egypt is the oldest country in the world. It became a country c 6000 BCE
b9ZO4 TIL about Freddie Oversteegen. She, along with her sister and friend, would flirt with Nazi collaborators and lure them to the woods for a promised makeout session. Once they reached a remote location, the men got a bullet to the head instead of a kiss.
oRdY TIL the first documented occurrence of the high five wasn’t until 1977
DQJWP TIL One of the first major video game crossovers was 1988's Konami Wai Wai World and featured amongst others Simon Belmont from Castlevania, King Kong, and Mikey Walsh from The Goonies
yQK1J TIL of the sawback bayonet. When plunged into the enemy, this style of blade pulled out the victim’s insides when removed, causing an exceptionally painful death. French and British soldiers would execute captured germans on sight who were in possession of the blade.