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TIL that Nostalgia was originally classified as a mental disorder

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65Vl TIL that Iceland let its three largest banks fail, instead of bailing them out. It ensured that tax payers got their money back and gave debt relief to struggling homeowners and to businesses facing bankruptcy. And their economy is booming!
Y4JB TIL the ancient greeks had a system where every citizen could vote to exile any politician for 10 years - ostracism.
wo8kE TIL that the FDA regulates pet food like they do human food, and it has to be edible by humans!
79db TIL that a few thousand years before Plato described Atlantis there really was a big island which disappeared in the middle of the North Sea
kRag TIL, Frodo had the ring for 17 years before going on his quest instead of the handful of days the movie shows.