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TIL Sweden had a nuclear weapons research program and could have tested their own bomb.

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Zyjp TIL 80% of rapists are raised by single moms and 90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes
XEpWj TIL many companies, including Sean John, have been caught mislabeling raccoon dog fur as faux fur.
LkD6p TIL the current chess grandmaster, Magnus Carlsen, intentionally plays non-book "inaccuracies" during opening (moves he knows aren't the best) to force the game into a non-book position ASAP so his opponents will have to think for themselves instead of going by memorised opening theory
mxwvM TIL there was a conspiracy theory, actually investigated by some in British intelligence, that prime minister Harold Wilson was a KGB mole, and that the leader of the Labour Party before him was assassinated to clear his path to power
R5Va6 TIL That prior to 9/11 knives up to 4 inches long were allowed in aircraft cabins