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TIL Russia was founded by swedish vikings.

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Ypedx TIL that a survey of 1,000 Americans conducted in 2012 found that 45% of them did not want to celebrate Christmas because of financial pressures.
rZZy TIL that wearing a head guard in boxing and other combat sports is unsafe and is slowly being phased out.
9wnDp TIL: In 1857 a book analyzed census data to demonstrate that free states had better rates of economic growth than slave states & argued the economic prospects of poor Southern whites would improve if the South abolished slavery. Southern states reacted by hanging people for being in possession of it
m11nx TIL that the Nazis made butter from coal
R5NoQ TIL about Capitol Hill's mystery soda machine. Operating from around the early 1990s to 2018, this machine would dispense rare discontinued beverages. Supposedly the nearby businesses had no idea who was restocking the machine. After the machine disappeared a note was left saying "Went for a walk".