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TIL Loki got piped by a horse.

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vMeR TIL that when a school shooter killed 5 amish girls at an amish school, the amish community responded by starting a charity fund for the family of the shooter.
R7rg1 TIL King Richard the Lionheart of England forgave and freed his killer, a young French boy whose father and brothers had been killed by Richard; the boy said he shot Richard with a crossbow as revenge, and Richard was so impressed with his bravery that he sent him off with 100 shillings
nWWK9 TiL that upon finishing the sci fi film "Devil Girls From Mars", a then 12 year old Octavia Butler concluded that she could write a better story. Butler went on to win multiple Hugo and Nebula awards and became the first sci-fi writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship.
OojG1 TIL: After one of his employees was shot and killed during a shootout, Colonel Sanders grabbed a gun and shot the perpetrator in the shoulder.
VB48B TIL that Van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime and the price was 400 francs ($2.000 in today's money).