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TIL: Switzerland does not have an official capital but Bern is the de facto capital due to its central location among other reasons.

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1agKW TIL a surgeon diagnosed himself with acute appendicitis while part of a Russian expedition to Antarctica in 1961. With no other options, he performed the surgery on himself over 2 hours.
yQXNe TIL that in Norway, the maximum prison sentence for a crime is 21 years. Norway also has one of the lowest recidivism rates in the world, at just 20%.
Vx6k TIL “Liver-eating Johnson” was an American mountain man rumored to have killed, scalped, and/or eaten the livers of up to 300 Crow Indians after a group of Crow braves murdered his wife. He ate the liver because it had significance for Crow beliefs about the afterlife
Wkbw9 TIL there's an active petition happening to rename the city of Columbus, Ohio (Guy Fieri's place of birth) to "Flavortown". It's nearing its 150,000 signature requirement.
VMKX0 TIL that geese are one of the oldest groups of birds, having changed very little from the age of the dinosaurs. Relying on water for food and burrows for nesting is thought to have played a big part in surviving the K-T extinction.