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TIL that Sweden has 267,570 islands, making it the country in the world with the most islands

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GYVp1 TIL during WWII there was a Finnish soldier who overdosed on amphetamines to escape from Soviets. In the following week, he proceeded to ski 400 km (250 miles), dropped down to 94lb, survived a landmine, and ate a bird raw.
nbkb TIL students who write notes longhand remember more and have a deeper understanding of the material than those take notes with a laptop
KK6 TIL Nikola Tesla believed he invented a death ray that caused the Tunguska explosion.
v10gD TIL about the Hummingbird hawk-moth, which are often mistaken for hummingbirds because of the similar way that they hover and feed.
69Y6Q TIL Requiem for a Dream was given a NC-17 rating cause of a sex scene involving Jennifer Connelly's character. When Darren Aronofsky refused to change it cause it'd undercut his goal of de-glorifying drug use by showing the worst places it can take a person, his distributor just released it unrated.