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TIL that Sweden has a "sourdough hotel" where people can deposit their sourdough starters to be fed and cared for while they are on vacation.

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AdAw TIL that in the 1300s, some fellows from Modena stole a bucket from Bologna (both in Italy), resulting in a great deal of humiliation for the Bolognese. They declared war, had a battle with around 2,000 casualties (split between both sides), and failed to reclaim the bucket.
PY1PO TIL that during an early congressional campaign Lyndon B. Johnson supposedly tried to start a rumor that his opponent would have sex with pigs just to "make the sonofab****h deny it.”
b9Z1Z TIL that Colorado has 697 sides and is really not a rectangle
Wk0OL TIL that in Tolkien's initial concepts for 'The Lord of the Rings', Aragorn was supposed to be a Hobbit named "Trotter" who had wooden feet. Further ideas included revealing him to be Bilbo in disguise or changing his wooden shoes to wooden feet on account of him being tortured in Mordor.
lopMG TIL Someone really used to live like Robinson Crusoe