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TIL that Danes are allowed to hit with a stick any swedes that try to cross the Øresund strait when the strait is frozen over

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pgKQ TIL Kirk Douglas decided to get blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo credited for Spartacus when Kubrick suggested that his own name be used. Douglas found Kubrick’s eagerness to take credit for Trumbo’s work revolting.
dVY7 TIL that Mount Disappointment, a mountain in Australia, got its name after hikers climbed to its summit and found the view to be underwhelming.
RDr9 TIL a russian fighterpilot crash landed in Norway in 1944 after having his leg blown off during an air battle. He bled to death. They found him three years later sitting in his plane with a cigarette in his mouth.
l89r TIL that there is a giant water vapor cloud in the middle of the cosmos that is 12 billion light-years away, is 100,000 times larger than the sun, and holds about 140 trillion times more water than all of Earth’s oceans.
xVQa7 TIL having had seven long haul aircraft and 1,500 of their passengers diverted to Canada during the 9/11 attacks, the German airline Lufthansa christened a brand new aircraft 'Gander/Halifax' as symbol of gratitude. The Mayors of both towns attended the ceremony.