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TIL of New Sweden, a Swedish colony along the lower reaches of the Delaware River from 1638 to 1655. The colony was established during the Thirty Years' War when Sweden was a great military power.

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9YZKD TIL Francisco Franco is credited with saving between 30,000 and 60,000 Jews during the nazi era. He is also thought to have been responsible for killing between 15,000 and 50,000 of his political opponents.
a87My TIL In 1979 Fotomat started renting videos, 6 years before the creation of Blockbuster Video. Customers would order from a catalog, call the local Fotomat, and pick it up the next day for a 5 day rental at $12.95. They had exclusive contracts for Disney and Paramount films. Discontinued in 1982.
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JoVQ TIL Neil Armstrong threatened legal action against his barber, for selling his hair to a collector for $3,000.
jNO9X TIL. Spain fought the longest and most expensive war of their conquest of modern day Mexico against the Chchimecas. They ultimately gave up and negotiated peace, ensuring the preservation of their culture into modern times and becoming one of the few pre-Columbian culures to fully survive