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TIL the Olympic Truce is still in effect, with all nations on Earth agreeing to observe it.

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p8nOA TIL I learned of the Na people, a matrilineal society where women are in charge and "walking marriages" are practiced: women are free to initiate sexual relationships with one or more men, and any children born from these unions are cared for by the woman's brothers.
GY7wQ TIL the World Sauna Championships were held annually in Finland from 1999 until 2010. Contestants would start in tempartures above the boiling point of water and whoever could endure the longest would win. The competition folded after a contestant died when he effectively cooked himself inside.
Rp66 TIL: An elderly couple was unable to remove three Kirby vacuum salesmen from their home for over five hours;a disabled woman living in a mobile home on $1000/month income and suffering from Alzheimers was discovered to own two Kirby vacuum cleaners, having paid $1,700 for the second one
mPKx TIL that Billy Gumboots the goat, president of the small NZ town of Whangamomona from 1999 to 2001, was elected after he ate the opponent candidates’ ballot papers and died in office 18 months later. Tai the Poodle was then elected, but retired after less than a year due to an assassination attempt.
wLbVo TIL that Kenny Kramer was the inspiration for Cosmo Kramer in Seinfeld and actually did a lot of the things parodied in the show such as creating the reality tour around NY, demanding to play his own character and coming up with strange inventions.