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TIL in Finland, molybdomancy, or predicting future through the shape of molten tin, is a tradition for New Year's Eve

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ne5No TIL that molotov cocktails are named after Soviet diplomat Vyacheslav Molotov. In the Winter War, Molotov claimed that the Soviets did not bomb the Finns, but instead were sending food supplies to starving civilians. In response Finnish soldiers dubbed petrol filled bottles Molotov's Cocktails.
L9YZ TIL a Russian mathematician solved a 100 year old math problem. He declined the Fields medal, $1 million in awards, and later retired from math because he hated the recognition the math community gives to people who prove things
M7jm0 TIL Volkswagen AG, the largest automaker by sales and seventh largest company in the world, is controlled by a single family descended from Ferdinand Porsche.
awVkb TIL lead can and has been turned into gold through a process called nuclear transmutation, but the expenses of the procedure far exceed any gain from the value of the resulting gold.
7j67 TIL that a house remix of the theme song from “The Price is Right” reached #1 on the Billboard dance charts in 2001.