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TIL Switzerland has no official capital city

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dX6r TIL that some people theorized that the problems that initially plagued the Hadron collider were the result of time travelers sabotaging the operation in order to prevent some unknown future problem.
woG01 TIL that paintball was inspired by the 1924 short story The Most Dangerous Game, about an aristocrat who targets humans for sport.
Kykw TIL: 7-Eleven Day (Free Slurpees at 7-Eleven) is celebrated on July 11 (7/11) in the northern hemisphere (summer) and November 7th (7.11) in the southern hemisphere (summer).
OoL9L TIL that a longstanding custom in Denmark for people who are still unmarried by their 25th birthday is to have their friends and family tie them to a lamppost and douse them in cinnamon. If in 5 years they're still unmarried, this gets upgraded to pepper.