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TIL of Sweden Hills, a village in Tobetsu town, Ishikari subprefecture of Hokkaido Japan. Local residents adopted Dalarna Sweden tradition of wooden houses painted in Falu Red, celebration of MidSummer Festival & 'Kraftskiva' crayfish party.

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yQpAV TIL about Fred Scolari, an NBA player who was blind in 1 eye, deaf in 1 ear, short, and overweight, but he was a 2-time All-Star
8elRG TIL there was a Bubonic Plague pandemic that was considered active from 1855 to 1960. It killed 12 million people in China and India alone.
RNRw TIL the United States Postal Service effectively “owns” the inside of your mailbox, and can issue fines for unauthorized use of it - including the personal delivery of typically mailed items.
6Ee6X TIL in 1941 a Dutch Navy ship escaped the Japanese by being disguised as an island and only sailing at night. It went from Indonesia to Australia without being detected.
4Xvk5 TIL in the 1970s, physicists used a diapered ferret to assist them in cleaning the inside of a particle accelerator. The ferret, named Felicia, made dozens of runs before retiring as a pet on a mink farm.