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TIL that Sweden has an underwater sign of an animated, LED gay sailor to deter Russian submarines from entering Sweden’s waters.

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Nnde TIL that the Bayanzi tribe of the Congo would execute via decapitation with a twist. While alive, the head of the condemned would be connected to a springy sapling so that when it was cut off, it would be thrown through the air “With the force of a bomb”.
J1Mdl TIL about St. James Davis, a NASCAR driver, and how he was attacked by 2 chimpanzees, Buddy and Ollie while visiting his pet chimpanzee in his enclosure." St. James Davis was brutally mauled, resulting in permanent disfigurement and missing extremities."
d8A98 TIL the camera film for the famous "Tank man of Tiananmen square" photo was hidden in a toilet while Chinese police searched the photographer's hotel room
jNX7p TIL If you visit Luxembourg in late February, you may see burning crosses all over the country. This is an ancient Celtic tradition that has been kept to this day, which is meant to chase away winter and welcome spring.
la9N TIL in the 1941 Battle of Raseiniai, a single Russian KV tank stopped an entire German Division for a full day until it finally ran out of ammunition