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TIL Viggo Mortensen and Buckethead made four albums together.

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neYnr TIL of a sword found in the River Witham in 1825 with a mysterious 18-letter inscription that has stumped researchers and caused the British Library to ask readers to help crack the code.
R5N9j TIL the first recorded use of suicide bombs in warfare was actually during the 1937 Battle of Shanghai and 1938 Battle of Taierzhuang with three instances of Chinese Nationalist soldiers destroying invading Japanese tanks and infantry platoons by strapping explosive grenade belts to themselves
QJxLL TIL dogs are so near-sighted (20/75 vision) that if they were human they would need guide dogs
Oo5m1 TIL paper recycling was first recorded in 1031, when Japanese shops sold repulped paper.
b9n57 TIL the Gretzky brothers hold the NHL record for most combined points by two brothers (2,857 for Wayne and 4 for Brent)