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TIL that in Finland, doctoral candidates who receive a PhD also receive a top hat and a sword

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Lxbr TIL the record for the biggest gang bang ever is held by Lisa Sparks who had sex with 919 men.
4X456 TIL that American women who joined the military in WW1 served actively in the navy and were paid exactly the same as men, and were treated like veterans after the war.
YpkBG TIL that during the Austro-Prussian War, Liechtenstein had an army of 80 men. During the conflict no men were injured or killed and they returned home with 81 men because they’d made an Italian friend along the way. The army was then disbanded and Liechtenstein hasn’t had a military since.
V4ep TIL that a boy was allowed to change his own name when he was 9 years old. Today, he is Dr. Loki Skylizard and he is a cardiothoracic surgeon from New Jersey.
VBOx4 TIL Coca Cola released a German advert celebrating the 75th anniversary of Fanta’s 1940 founding in Nazi Germany. Before it got pulled, it stated it wanted to “bring the feeling of the good old times back.”