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TIL Fart is the Swedish word for Speed and speed limit signs can read as Fart Kontrol or Max Fart.

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oVpR TIL: Swedish warship Vasa, it sank in 1628 and was recovered from the ocean in 1961 almost completely intact. This is the only remaining intact ship from the 1600’s. This ship is housed in The Vasa Museum in Stockholm Sweden. A museum built around the ship.
N77WJ TIL in 2014 a man in South Africa was transporting 2 giraffes in an open trailer. While going under an overpass, one of the giraffes hit its head on the overpass and died, due to head trauma. Thankfully, the other survived.
M7oO8 Today I learned that in 1994, a plane was flying from Moscow to Hong Kong when the pilot's children got into the cockpit and accidentally turned off the autopilot. This resulted in a plane crash that killed all 75 people on the plane.
BrkGk TIL that in 1997, Julie Rea Harper scuffled with a man in her home who had broken in and killed her son. She was initially tried and convicted of the murder, but after a later apprehension, serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells admitted to Harper's account and his guilt, resulting in Harper's exoneration.
P1JAn TIL that Casu Marzu is a traditional Sardinian cheese made from sheep’s milk that contains live maggots, which play a crucial role in its fermentation process.