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TIL: That Swedes and Hobbits celebrate February 30th

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jAoj TIL South Korea was ruled by a real benevolent dictator for 15 years, credited for establishing foundations of modern economy in S.Korea.
jNyvQ TIL that Steven E Jones, a Stanford University professor, published a paper which suggested active thermite was detected in 9/11 debris from the World Trade Center in "explosive quantities".
GYw6G TIL women invented beer and there are beer goddesses
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