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TIL: Brussels sprouts actually do originate from Brussels

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e0wV5 TIL A Swedish sailor shipwrecked on an island inhabited by cannibals. He was captured and taken to a local king, whose daughter fell in love with him. He married, had nine children with her, and became the king after his father-in-law.
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epVYg TIL Friedrich Nietzsche was an amateur composer who even befriended Richard Wagner for a time. Nietzsche's compositions were not especially well received with Wagner being dismissive and the conductor Hans von Bülow calling one work "the most undelightful".
neORB TIL the difference between a nightmare and a bad dream is a nightmare wakes you up.