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TIL that Bertrand Russell's grandfather was born during the French Revolution and visited Napoleon when he was exiled on Elba

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neErr TIL Sweden is the third-largest music exporter in the world behind the US and UK.
VM9b8 TIL of the kappa, a water imp in Japanese folklore famous for sneaking up peoples intestines through the anus in order to steal their livers and shirikodama, an organ believed to plug the anus; however, you can repel a kappa by farting at them.
JY9jV TIL of Alexei Berest, who was the Soviet soldier that raised the flag over the Reichstag during the Battle of Berlin. He was not given recognition for his role in lifting the flag for unknown reasons. He later died in 1970 after saving a child from being hit by a train.
OVkL TIL the “earworm” phenomenon, a song that you can’t get out of your head, has been discussed since the 19th Century and was written about by Mark Twain.
78eBb TIL that there are 23 known types of H2O ice, including 20 "crystalline" types and 3 "amorphous solid" types.