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TIL that a fabled Swedish Lesbian City was reported in Chinese news, causing Swedish tourism websites to crash following millions of hits from China.

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l7Xb5 TIL in 1919 Yankees baseball player Ping Bodie had a spaghetti eating contest with Percy the ostrich and won after Percy passed out after eating 11 plates of spaghetti.
nW8Do TIL that the 1912 Stockholm Olympics was the last time winners received medals made of 100% solid gold. Ever since 1st place medals have been gold plated.
LBEr TIL In early 1943, an underground Jewish resistance was formed at Treblinka, a Nazi concentration camp. Some 700 Jews launched the uprising in August 1943. Only 200 managed to escape the camp and only 70 are known to have made it until the end of the war. Treblinka was closed after the uprising.
X0v9j TIL “swallowing the tongue during a seizure” is actually a myth. The muscle underneath the tongue (lingual frenulum) prevents this from happening
vadj TIL that Galaxy Quest was ranked #7 on a list of the best Star Trek Films as voted by Trek Con-Goers.