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TIL that the Swedish state financially support TOR, the backbone of the Deep Web and anonymous surfing

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699EW TIL early versions of the Pomeranian were larger and were used as sled dogs. Over time they were bred to be smaller and were used as companion dogs instead. This increasingly occurred after Queen Victoria became fond of this breed.
WkW7Y TIL that NASCAR was formed after Prohibition when out-of-work bootleggers wanted to keep their driving skills sharp through organized races.
VMDjG TIL Lagos in Nigeria has a Brazilian Quarter. In the 1800s, formerly enslaved Afro-Brazilians began to return to Africa. They formed an exclusive business elite known as 'Agudas' who intermarried and built their community in the Brazilian style. Descendents hold an annual Brazilian style carnival.
0wDyR TIL that Abraham Lincoln's religious views are highly ambiguous and a matter of debate. He never joined any Church, and was a skeptic as a young man and sometimes ridiculed revivalists. Many friends and family of Lincoln rejected that he was a believing Christian.
NXM66 TIL Mikio Okuda , a farmer in Japan, carefully grows a type of strawberry, Bijin-Hime, and sells just one for $500