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TIL: Sweden joining NATO marks first time in 500 years when all Nordic countries are allied to each other. Last such time was in 1523 when Kalmar Union dissolved.

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ZdDD TIL Pandas are called “cat bears” in China
wVk7 TIL Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Pacific in 1947 in a self-built raft to prove ancient people could have made contact between the continents
16ZKr TIL: Mexican Ranchero named Don Alejo (aged well in his 70s) killed 4 Los Zetas cartel members after they attempted to seize his ranch. He boarded up windows and used only his hunting rifles placed around his house. He died after they destroyed his house with grenade launchers.
yVBwl TIL in 2006 a jury awarded $5.6m to the family of a man who had the shaft of a screwdriver implanted into his spine by a surgeon after the two titanium rods he planned to use were discovered missing during the surgery. The screwdriver snapped & after 3 more back surgeries, the man died 2 years later
D1OZV TIL a small percentage of the population can read during their dreams, and they tend to be writers, especially poets.