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TIL in Finland, all PhD graduates receive both a top hat and sword with their diploma

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4k14o TIL about the candle auction - a method of auction where the end of the auction is signaled by the expiration of a candle flame, which was intended to ensure that no one could know exactly when the auction would end and make a last-second bid.
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