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TIL about Poland's "frankowicze," a group of about 500,000 people who took out mortgages in Swiss francs since the 2000s and faced soaring debts after the franc was unpegged in 2015, leading to significant financial struggles and nationwide protests.

1xy7 TIL King Arthur had a brother called Madawg
wLWPY TIL that Eminem and Elton John have been close friends for two decades
ADex TIL the US-Canada border is the longest border in the world without a military defense.
991D TIL: Red pandas are not related to giant pandas, they are in their own family with no living relatives.
R77j8 "About 90 percent of everything we buy will travel on ships"