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Jul 11, 2020

TIL a viking grave of a woman warrior was dug up, and contrast to the skeletal evidence, it was assumed to be male due to the weapons in the grave. Even after DNA testing proved she was female, claims were then tried to be made that the bones got mixed up.

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Apr 16, 2020

TIL 8-yr-old Saga Vanecek found a 1,500-yr-old sword when wading in a lake in Sweden. She pointed it up to the sky and called out, “Daddy, I’ve found a sword!” She was bummed when her dad made her give the sword to the local museum and said she was raising money to make a sword replica for herself.

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Mar 01, 2020

TIL After McDonalds lost the Big Mac trademark in Europe, Burger King added things like the “Like a Big Mac, But Actually Big” to the menu

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Feb 27, 2020

TIL that a new microbe called a hemimastigote was found in Nova Scotia. The Hemimastix kukwesjijk is not a plant, animal, fungus, or protozoa — it constitutes an entirely new kingdom.

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Feb 21, 2020

TIL that in 2010, Sweden removed the statute of limitations for prosecuting murder because the 1986 assassination of their prime minister, Olof Palme, had still not been solved. Though 10,000 people have been questioned, the killer remains unknown to this day.

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Feb 04, 2020

TIL ABBA's famous outfits were chosen because of Swedish tax law. If they bought cloths for performance they could get a tax deduction, but they had to prove they couldn't be worn on the street. According to Björn "we looked like nuts [...] Nobody can have been as badly dressed on stage as we were"

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Jan 21, 2020

TIL that just 10 percent of world military spending would probably be sufficient to end poverty and hunger

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Sep 24, 2019

TIL Sweden is the third-largest music exporter in the world behind the US and UK.

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Apr 17, 2019

TIL that while sitting down while peeing is getting more and more popular, it's also good and healthy for men. It helps emptying the bladder, and thus can prevent bladder stones and urinary tract infections. Claims that it could prevent prostate problems however are yet to be verified.

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