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TIL the nation of Sweden’s official “@Sweden” Twitter account is given to a different citizen every week to manage

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VMvjk TIL Black Beans in Asian Cooking are not the same as the ones we buy in cans. They're actually fermented & salted Soybeans
8llV TIL that Lord Voldemort Was a Character in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
1ad5P TIL presenteeism—the problem of workers’ being on the job but, because of illness or other medical conditions, not fully functioning appears to be a much costlier problem than its productivity-reducing counterpart, absenteeism.
pRe4 TIL at a launch site in South Dakota, the entrance to the underground missile launch control center is sealed by a blast-proof door painted like a Domino’s Pizza logo, and hand-lettered text on the door reads “World-wide delivery in 30 minutes or less, or your next one is free”.
LkYp TIL that the first thing Buzz Aldrin did upon stepping foot on the moon was to hold a communion service but NASA kept it a secret because they were “still smarting from the lawsuit filed by Madalyn Murray O'Hair” regarding the Genesis readings on Apollo 8.