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TIL that 'Gremlins' was so shocking it led to the creation of the PG-13 rating in cinema

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R70Jw TIL: In the Viking period, Ulfberht swords were made of crucible (very pure) steel all the way from India. The exceptional quality of this steel made them so valuable that forgers faked the name Ulfberht on lower-quality swords, the equivalent of a fake designer logo.
8ek9L TIL that a Moms for Liberty member got a book about banning books from school libraries in the school libraries of Florida's Indian River County school district
rNKpe TIL that the first vehicle powered by wood gas was built in 1901 by a man named T.H. Parker.
KOLdG TIL those floaty things in your eye that disappears whenever you try to get a closer look, only to reappear as soon as you shift your glance are called Muscae volitantes, Latin for "flying flies”
XGVR TIL that one of the first franchise restaurants is the Chicken in the Rough restaurant chain which started in the 1930s. There are still four left