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TIL Norwegian soldiers of the Telemark Battalion fighting in Afghanistan sometimes cried ‘To Valhalla, Oorah!’

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GYD4 TIL that a Narwhal’s tusk is like an inside out tooth, with the soft sensitive part on the outside while the dense hard part makes up the middle.
epRKn Today I learned that, after Phil Hartman's death, the Simpsons staff considered casting Harry Shearer as the replacement voice actor for the character Lionel Hutz, but decided to retire Lionel Hutz instead.
8eeLX TIL That Zoroastrianism was the official Religion of the first Persian Empire
Z0Ro TIL there are more slaves today than at any other point in human history. Nearly half of which are in India.
5V11P TIL that male camels have a large organ in their throats (called “Dulla”), an inflatable sac they extrude from their mouths when in rut, to assert dominance and attract females. It resembles a long, swollen, pink tongue hanging out of the side of the mouth.