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TIL Sabaton was originally called "Aeon" when the band was formed in 1999.

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n1v9 TIL That the French philosopher and mathematician Descartes was hired as a tutor by the Queen of Sweden, who insisted on philosophy lessons at 5 in the morning. Within a year of walking through the Swedish cold every morning, Descartes caught pneumonia and died.
9YO1r TIL Johnny Carson Predicted the toilet paper shortage back in 1973
7J4b TIL that in winter 2010,terrorists tried to wander in Moscow wearing suicide belts with cellphones wired to their belts. When someone texts, the bomb detonates. An hour before the attack was supposed to be carried, one of the bombers received an automated text thus killing her and failing the plan.
R5Km8 TIL That the precursor to the CIA published a field manual for regular people in Occupied Europe to resist the Nazis at their regular jobs
wM4M TIL that Japan is moving an entire 400-year-old castle 230 feet away to fix its foundations. They’ll move it back in 2021.