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TIL that Scandinavians settled Greenland 300 years before native Greenlanders did

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ADGon TIL that as a result of the investigation into serial killer Andrei Chikatilo, Russian police solved more than more than 1000 unrelated crimes, including 95 murders, 140 aggravated assaults, and 245 molestations.
rNwY0 TIL fixed position street lights were first used around 500BC Beijing, using bamboo and naturally-occurring gas vents
x6aQb TIL Stan Jones, an unsuccessful libertarian candidate for Montana Governor and Senate, turned himself blue from drinking colloidal silver in preparation for Y2K
E77o TIL Nike founded and oversees an ultra-elite running group, with state of the art equipment such as underwater treadmills, and whose athletes live in a specially designed house where filters remove oxygen so the athletes develop more red blood cells in a simulated high-altitude environment.
EgrnW TIL the movie Footloose is based on a real event. Elmore City, Oklahoma banned dancing in 1898 and kept the law until a group of high school students protested during the 1979-1980 school year. The Town Council voted to repeal the law 3-2 and the school students were allowed to hold a prom.