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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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ObRg TIL that Al-Beruni, a mathematical genius, calculated radius of earth 1 thousand years ago (alone). There’s a mere difference of 16 km between his value and modern day value.
8Z6G TIL IKEA Food is one of the largest food chains in the world. In 2016. IKEA served some 650 million diners a year, across 48 countries around the world. IKEA Food had annual sales of about $1.8 billion in 2016.
NXPJP TIL German pianos have an H key
GAMD1 TIL that Sweden once had overseas colonies in Africa, India, South America, the Caribbean, and North America. Most were taken over by other European powers after a short amount of time; the only exception was the island of Saint Barthélemy, which it held for nearly a century.
nd1Y TIL that a deaf 45 year old North Carolina man was repeatedly stabbed after he was walking down the street, signing to his friend and a gang member mistook their signing conversation for gang signs.