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TIL Sweden supported the Viet Cong during the Vietnam war

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xV6r5 TIL that in early August 2017, a people smuggler off the coast of Yemen deliberately drowned at least 29 teenage migrants. The average age of the migrants was 16.
loWLA Today I learned that there's evidence showing that video games can lead to improvement in attention span, vision, and pattern recognition.
OonkX TIL that even though the wheel is often citied as man's original invention... it wasn't invented until after flutes, baskets, woven cloth, and even boats
dD96Q TIL Nuclear Winter is almost impossible because houses are no longer built from paper and whole cities don't burn up.
ngYB TIL Victorinox have never laid off an employee. To avoid this they set aside profits during boom periods to supplement any recession, they also temporarily contract employees to other companies. In 2009, Victorinox had over 100 employees that had been with the company for more than 40 years.