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TIL Sweden offers free language lessons for immigrants

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BaAL TIL that when kissing under the mistletoe, men should remove a berry for each kiss, and when they’re gone, no more kissing is allowed.
Jxak TIL that an English inventor named Maurice Ward (1933-2011) invented a thermal shielding material called Starlite which was able to withstand extreme heat (10000 degrees C), but never revealed its composition in fear of reverse engineering and losing control of rights to the material.
e0DrJ TIL a study about class differences in 18th & 19th century England, showed that on average, a wealthy 16-year old boy was 8.5 inches taller than a poor 16-year old boy, as a result of malnourishment and living standards
gr1G8 TIL of the Baltic Sea Anomaly which is an unexplained item found within the Baltic Sea by divers in 2011 and it remains a mystery.
W7BAY TIL there was a Marine who was a duck, Sergeant Siwash, and was also awarded a Purple Heart.