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TIL that Sweden actually formed a bureau to protect its citizenry from disinformation that threatens its democracy

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4OYw TIL that it’s not just video games that people have blamed for the actions of children. In 1979 and 1990, it was Dungeons and Dragons.
7RvP TIL Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated, was so powerful that it created seismic shocks that were measurable even on their third passage around the Earth.
Eobx TIL Al Bundy scored four touchdowns in a single game while playing for the Polk High School Panthers in the 1966 city championship game versus Andrew Johnson High School, including the game-winning touchdown in the final seconds against his old nemesis, “Spare Tire” Dixon
dDlkr TIL the longest U.S. rivers that don’t flow to the ocean are Utah’s 385-mile Sevier River, which ends in the dry Sevier Lake, and the 350-mile Bear River, which starts in Utah, flows through Wyoming and Idaho, and returns to Utah to empty into the Great Salt Lake.
0dQP5 TIL about Biofouling, the accumulation of organisms (such as barnacles) where they are not wanted (such as on ship hulls) that causes degradation to the primary purpose of the item. Biofouling can require up to 40% more fuel to compensate for increased drag and reduced speeds.