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TIL In Sweden, for drivers as young as 15, a car can be modified to limit max speed at 19mph, these are called A-Traktor, there is a full culture of these among the teens

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8ePR4 TIL that the world's largest snowflake ever recorded was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick. It fell in Montana in 1887 and still holds the world record.
oRONW TIL In January 2001, Iraq offered to donate $91 million to impoverished Americans on humanitarian grounds. It's unknown if America accepted the donation.
a6j0 TIL 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed sent the FBI on wild goose chases, literally, by claiming that some geese in Central Park had explosives stuffed up their ass
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95PQ TIL that St Basil’s Cathedral, the famous colorful church in Moscow, was barely saved from destruction under Stalin. Every city planner and architect hired refused to cooperate in the demolition process, and some even served time in the Gulag for so adamantly protecting the church.