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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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WkDn4 [TIL] there is no federal minimum drinking age law. It doesn't have that authority. An act signed by Reagan, however, supersedes states' rights by punishing any state who ignores this by reducing federal highway apportionment by 10% in an effort to reduce drunk driving.
4lrw TIL that in in 1914 Henry Ford published an Anti-Smoking book that was targeted at young people, years before Smoking was widely considered unhealthy.
WkP5d TIL, nearly 4000 year old - Copper - Antenna Swords were found in India. Pic of sword in comment.
wL7YJ TIL The Saint Petersburg Sphinxes are about 3500 years old, Andrei Muravyov, who in 1830 was going on a pilgrimage to holy places. Ancient sculptures made him so impressed that he immediately sent a letter to the Russian Ambassador, in which he proposed to acquire them.
16A9P TIL The Chequered flag originated in a road rally, in 1906. S.Walden divided the courses into sections; the time check at the end of each section was performed by race officials called "checkers". These checkers used Chequered flags to identify themselves.