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TIL the official twitter account of Sweden is given to a random citizen every week to manage because "No one owns the brand of Sweden more than its people".

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9616 TIL that John Rockefeller is regarded as the richest American ever and his fortune adjusted to todays dollars would amount to $663.4 billion.
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gMGe8 TIL male argonauts develop a special arm for copulation in a pouch located under their eye and upon finding a mate they detach that arm and place it on the female. Their detached arm then crawls, with a life of its own, into her mantle for fertilization. Researchers found 38 arms inside one female.
BgZ0x TIL the Ancient Olympics were held at least 293 times (1,169 years) consecutively — from 776 BC to 393 AD — nearly 10 times longer than the Modern Olympics have been running (since 1896).
d8QkE TIL that the drawer in the bottom of your oven is not used for storing baking sheets, but broiling and keeping food warm.