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TIL There is archaeological evidence that Vikings reached Baghdad, the centre of the Islamic Empire.

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Egavd TIL Jack Swigert realized while in space that he didn’t file his taxes before leaving on the Apollo 13 mission (April 11-April 17 in 1970).
W7xrX TIL the actor Woody Harrelson's father, Charles Harrelson, was a convicted hitman. In 1979 he assassinated a US federal judge John H Wood Jr. This was the first assassination of federal judge in the 20th century.
8mpL TIL electric vehicles predate the model T, and in the year 1900, comprised 38% of cars on the road
xVL81 TIL Owls don't have eyeballs. The eyes are long and shaped more like a tube. Owl eyes can't turn in their sockets because of this shape.
LJed TIL New Jersey’s NHL team is named after the Jersey Devil, a legendary creature encountered by many including Commodore Stephen Decatur (who fired a cannonball at it) and Joseph Bonaparte, Napoleon’s older brother. In 1909 the creature reportedly attacked a trolley and was fired upon by police