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TIL North Korea ordered 1,000 Volvos from Sweden in 1974 and has yet to pay it off, resulting in a debt of 2.2 billion kronor ($322 million).

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XEdN6 TIL about Hartmann a philosopher who believed that as intelligent beings, we are obligated to find a way to eliminate suffering, permanently and universally. He believed that it is up to humanity to “annihilate” the universe. It is our duty, he wrote, to “cause the whole kosmos to disappear”
Rv1a TIL The UK release of Fallout changed all indications of the word “drug” to “chems” that would become the standard for the series since Fallout 3
EB7W TIL Spending too much time doing homework can lead to chronic depression.
9Yk1Q TIL that most chewing gum made since WWII is based with synthetic petroleum polymers, making it non-biodegradable. Gum is the 2nd most littered object, and is expensive and time consuming to clean up.
kJVee TIL About USS The Sullivans - The first ship in the Navy named after more than one person. It was named after 5 brothers who were killed when their ship was torpedoed in WWII, an event that led to the policy portrayed in Saving Private Ryan. USS The Sullivans itself sunk in 2022 as a museum ship.