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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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JMxQ TIL that Black Bears eat pine needles and hair to get stuck in their system on purpose. It forms up to a 1 foot long anal plug that holds the food in them all winter, then they crap it out in the Spring.
PnJG TIL Norah Vincent, A lesbian feminist writer, once disguised herself as a man for 18 months to write a book on gender. After the experiment, she was institutionalized for depression, and stated that she never felt so glad for being a woman.
x9v7 TIL that there is almost no correlation between cell phone connection quality and “bars” of service.
V9Ym TIL the first modern attempt at restricting smoking was imposed by the then German government in every university, post office, military hospital, and Nazi Party office, under the auspices of Karl Astel’s Institute for Tobacco Hazards Research, created in 1941 under orders from Adolf Hitler.
x6pZD TIL Hoarding Disorder was not recognized as a disorder until the DSM 5 came out in 2013. Many believe the show Hoarders which came out in 2006 influenced considerable scientific research leading to it's official inclusion in the DSM.