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TIL Sweater Curse is a curse that causes a knitter's SO to break up with them

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16vpX TIL that Kurt Waldheim was 'accidentally' elected UN Secretary-General in 1971, after the US, the UK, and China failed to coordinate their vetoes.
0wmJy TIL that brass surfaces kill superbugs
okXA TIL a danish bank robber and rapist was allowed to go on unguarded holiday during his sentence, where he escaped and killed 2 Finnish police officers.
7rvWr TIL Coca-Cola didn’t become completely cocaine-free until 1929.
XEXXX TIL: In Ireland there is a popular tradition known as The 12 pubs of Christmas. You must go to 12 different pubs in one night, having one drink (most commonly a pint of beer) in each Pub. Participants usually have 12 rules to follow, e.g "No sitting in pub 3", "No using the bathroom in pub 7" etc.