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TIL Sweden's early history is largely unknown because there are no written documents from Sweden before the 12th century. On its formation, a Swedish history book simply states: "How and when the Swedish kingdom appeared is not known."

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e0g5b TIL the word "daily" in the Lord's Prayer ("our daily bread") translates from the ancient Greek word "epiousios," which appears twice in the New Testament and nowhere else in any known ancient Greek text. We're not 100% sure of its meaning-some say it means "necessary" or "for the future" instead.
Z881R Alan Shepard became the first American (suborbital) space traveller on May 5, 1961.
QN0d TIL Nitka Khruschev once referred to Berlin as the “testicles of the west,"claiming that,"everytime I want to make the west scream, I squeeze on Berlin.”
Ve1D TIL There’s as much as $13 million worth of metals in the sewage produced every year by a million-person city
WAV9 TIL that Black Friday runs concurrent with Buy Nothing Day; An international protest against consumerism with more than 65 nations globally participating.