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TIL that North Korea still owes Sweden €300million for 1000 stolen Volvos 40 years ago

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8eaWL TIL that Ancient Greece believed the uterus could wander around the body like an animal searching for conception and caused “hysteria” in women.
O6p7 TIL when Billy Dee Williams was questioned about his appearances in the Colt 45 Malt Liquor commercials, he is alleged to have said, “I drink, you drink. Hell, if marijuana was legal, I’d appear in a commercial for that, too.”
YENB TIL that people can get high be eating honey made from bees that live near poppy fields.
yVnrX TIL that in 1994, an American man named Chris Clark made an accidental yet life-changing investment: he bought the domain name pizza.com for just $20. Over a decade later, this small decision would make him a millionaire.
nyQB TIL Senator William Spong of Virginia, to prevent his name from being mispronounced as “Sponge”, made his first act as senator introducing a bill called the Long Fong Spong Hong Kong Song Bill, which would protect the songwriters in Hong Kong. This was, of course, cosponsored by Sen. Long and Fong.