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wo0n1 TIL of Decorah Posten, an Iowa-based Norwegian-language newspaper that was widely read by Scandinavian immigrants to the United States from 1874 to 1972. Its founder, Brynild Anundsen, represented the state of Iowa at the coronation of Haakon VII of Norway and Queen Maud in 1906.
Xld8 TIL that 90% of all scientists who have ever lived are alive today.
b6JZQ TIL Passion fruit provides the most fiber of all fruits with 24.5 grams (88% DV) per cup.
MeG4A TIL The fact that animals move from one place to another, without any apparent external cause and often in complicated and unpredictable ways, fascinated Aristotle. Instead of muscles Aristotle had theories on "neura" – usually translated as ‘sinews’ or ‘tendons’
40Kw TIL that during WW2 a Spanish man convinced the Nazis that he was a spy living in London, and fed them false information. This grew to him working for Britain with captured spies, creating a fictional network of other spies, and being awarded a medal from both Britain AND Nazi Germany.