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TIL about the Nordic Model

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RkNw TIL there is a theoretical transatlantic tunnel that would allow for a 54 minute trip between New York and London.
D1axJ TIL Danny Trejo was addicted to Heroin by age 12 and served time in San Quentin prison until he was 25. He's now been over 70 films and has a brand of restaurants, bars, and donuts shops valued around $100 million. All his businesses hire what he calls "second chancers" like he was.
8XEa TIL Danny Trejo is 70 years old.
GYDlG TIL of Charles Bliss, who invented Blissymbols- a universal written language. It was a total flop, until in 1965 he discovered it was being used to communicate with kids with cerebral palsy. He promptly sued the small organization using it because they had made changes to aid in communication.
4rpN TIL in Netherlands, there is an actual word for whipping out one’s penis and hitting something with it. And in 2008, it was voted word of the year.