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TIL Sweden has a forest of oak trees planted 200 years ago because their Navy at the time needed them for ships

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gjmb TIL a World War One submarine washed ashore on the beach at Hastings, England
mrZx TIL Employees of Lego carry around Lego Minifigures with their names on them instead of Business Cards
PYVMg TIL Rapper Joey Bada$$ found the instrumental for his song Christ Conscience by looking up "joey bada$$ type beat" on youtube.
N7Z9E TIL That there is a giant shoe statue dedicated to the man that threw one at GWB at a conference in 2008
a8LJN TIL the band Argent (known for the 70's rock hit "Hold Your Head Up") originally released the song God Gave Rock and Roll To You (covered by and hits for the bands Petra and KISS) waaay back in 1973!!