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TIL Fascist Dictator Benito Mussolini was part of the Italian Socialist Party during WW1 before being expelled.

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78rlL TIL of the Finn-men, Inuit fishermen who made it as far as Scotland by kayak. There was so much concern about European fishermen kidnapping them that in 1720, the Netherlands explicitly outlawed it.
noZW TIL as much as 70 percent of the Chinese population is nearsighted……………
YpKAd TIL Russia was actually the first country to form a Space Force from 1992 to 1997, and then again from 2001 to 2011.
GJG5 TIL that Viking blacksmiths would often add bones from ancestors or animals like bears to their iron ore to add carbon content, and to imbue the weapon with mystical properties.
V4w0 TIL: Linje Akvavit, a flavored liquor from Norway, is shipped from Norway to Australia and back before being bottled. The sloshing and temperature changes the liquor experiences on the ship imparts certain flavors to the beverage. Akvavit is traditionally served as a holiday drink.