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TIL Sweden had a nuclear weapons program in the 50's and early 60's. They had the necessary materials and came very close to building a nuclear bomb before the program was shut down due to changing military doctrine, public opposition, and pressure from the United States.

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rRy6y TIL: LSD is one of the least toxic recreational drugs, that people have consumed 550 times a normal dose and have had beneficial outcomes from doing so.
add0 TIL During the middle ages, English was a language used by commoners while the British elites spoke French.
a9lZ TIL in the 70’s the CIA had developed a working nearly traceless heart attack gun. It has contributed to many alleged assassinations and has been subject of many whistleblowers, including Matt Simmons who was exposing BP’s lies.
voWR TIL Soviet scientists defended the world’s largest seed bank during the 28 month Siege of Leningrad when it couldn’t be evacuated. 9 scientists starved, surrounded by tons of crops and fruit, refusing to destroy ‘the future of Russia’.
VMmQ4 TIL about Ishikawa Goemon, a Japanese ninja who was a Robin Hood-like figure and was sentenced to death by being boiled alive along with his infant son.