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TIL that small talk isn't part of the Finnish culture, foreign language teachers often have to introduce their students to this concept.

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K1aJ TIL Moulay Ismaïl King of Morocco (1672-1727) is alleged to have fathered a total of 867 children, widely considered the record number of offspring for any man throughout history that can be verified.
eyy6 TIL that Iranian government has more American PhD degree holder in ministerial/cabinet position than the United States government.
v168j TIL Freddie Mercury preferred being with his cats than other people, and often called who was taking care of them to "talk" to his cats when he was away.
6E0eW TIL that to reduce infanticide, Sweden passed a law in 1778 allowing unwed pregnant women to go to a different area where she is unknown to give birth. The midwife was forbidden to ask her identity or to ask who the father was. The baby was then put in an orphanage.
7Vbr TIL that it’s possible to upgrade through every major version of Windows, from 1.0 to Windows 7 (always upgrading, no clean install)