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TIL that Sweden has 267,570 islands, more than any other country in the world.

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dDMw9 TIL in 1926 Brazil had a president with name of Washington but was overthrown in a coup d'etat and removed from the presidency during Revolution of 1930,putting an end to Milk coffee politics and starting the Vargas Era in 1930.Washington served as the last president of the First Brazilian Republic
W7Dg9 TIL: The Times of London mistakenly prematurely published the obituary of BBC commentator Rex Alston, who was 84 at the time. A year later, he remarried, which the Times reported, making him the only person whose obituary was published before his wedding announcement.
b9jra TIL the epic historical film, Quo Vadis (1951), grossed $21 million at the box office in 1951, which is $210,000,000 today. It used 32,000 costumes and over 30,000 extras appeared. Its success is credited with saving "MGM" from bankruptcy. It was filmed at Benito Mussolini's film studio in Rome.
1mRO TIL “a typical can of Coca Cola contains as much sugar as three and half Krispy Kreme Donuts”
0woyL TIL a Princeton University undergraduate designed an atomic bomb for his term paper. When American nuclear scientists said it would work, the FBI confiscated his paper and classified it. Few months later he was contacted by French and Pakistani officials who offered to buy his design. He got an "A".