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TIL use of the Nazi hand salute is currently a criminal offense in Germany, Italy, Japan, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Austria.

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v1P7L TIL That Pennsylvania is misspelled as Pensylvania on the Liberty Bell
MeNY7 TIL of the Swedish 'Right to Public Access', a constitutional right protecting Swedish citizens to partake in activities such as taking a walk, go kayaking, climbing a mountain, or just sittimg down on a rock to think.
gMpO4 TIL scientists managed to recreate the voice of a 3000-year-old mummified Egyptian priest. They produced a 3D-printed voice box based on a precise scan of his vocal tract, and then used the vocal tract with an artificial larynx sound, synthesising a vowel-like sound reminiscent of a sheep's bleat
K544 TIL that Bill Gates purchased Leonardo DaVinci’s Hammer Codex AKA Codex Leicester for US$30,802,500 then uploaded it to the internet for the everyone to download and read for a measly $20! What a guy.
KOP9 TIL that the Romans had the same goddess for their sewage system as for protecting sexual intercourse in marriage