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TIL Finland was the only country to pay off its WWI debt to the US, and finished in 1976.

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wLab8 TIL that "bull," meaning falsehood or nonsense, predates "bullshit" by centuries, and has no etymological connection to the word for male cattle.
Lk9mv TIL about Empty Nose Syndrome, where occasionally after nasal surgery some patients feel like they are constantly suffocating, leading to suicide in rare cases
rP5d TIL that when Darryl McDaniels (DMC of RUN DMC) was suicidal, the only thing keeping him from killing himself was Sarah McLachlan’s album “Angel.” He met her at a party, told her what her album meant to him, and said, “Your album is called ‘Angel.’ You sing like an angel. But to me, you are God.”
LQyD9 TIL that KitKat sections are called "fingers"
e0BgE TIL Vietnam is building its first 2 metro systems: one in Hanoi (capital) with Chinese funding/money and the other in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) with Japanese expertise. Hanoi's is progressing more quickly but has had multiple accidents, one deadly. HCM City's has had more delays but no accidents.