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TIL that a man cycled from New Delhi to Sweden to meet his love.

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Or9L TIL In Kyrgyztan, men still marry their women the old-fashioned way: by abducting them off the street and forcing them to be their wife.
NXw06 TIL in mid-1843, writer Charles Dickens began to suffer from financial problems, and matters worsened when his publishers threatened to reduce his monthly income. To prevent this, Dickens’ spent 6 weeks obsessively writing a novella. The result? “A Christmas Carol” - which sold out in 3 days.
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