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TIL over 62,000 Swedes were sterilized as part of a national program grounded on eugenic, medical and social grounds. This program continued into the 70's.

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b6ja4 TIL that in the 19th century, photographers used a technique called "combination printing" to create seamless images by merging multiple negatives, allowing for artistic compositions and overcoming technical limitations of early photography.
8jGa TIL: 3 Italians broke out of a WW2 British POW camp. With meagre rations and equipment they attempted to climb Mount Kenya. After 18 days, they broke back into the camp and were awarded 18 days solitary confinement (reduced to 7 by the commandant in honor of their ‘sporting effort’)
e0BoD TIL: The term "Third World" originated during the cold war, and was used to refer to countries that were neither aligned with NATO (the "first world") or the Communist Bloc (the "second world"). Under the original definition, Sweden, Finland and Austria are "third world countries".
Omne TIL because ant-eating frogs go hunting for bugs in tiny and hard-to-access places, scientists use them as a tool to go where they can’t go. By flushing their stomachs, the amphibians vomit whatever is in their bellies—revealing potential treasures, like the new ant Lenomyrmex hoelldobleri
7rNWx TIL Grindadráp is a tradition of the Faroe Isalands. in Denmark, were they slaughtered 1,000 long-finned pilot whales a year.