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TIL an anonymous donor sent two Bronze Age axes and two pieces of rare Viking jewelry to the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin. The museum believes the items were illegally excavated.

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PVaZ TIL Boos, ghosts from the Mario video game series, are based on co-designer Takashi Tezuka’s wife who is usually quiet but exploded one day, maddened by all the time he spent at work. Similarly, a Boo “shrinks when Mario looks at it, but when Mario turns away, it grow[s] large and menacing.”
WNVX TIL in the MMO game, EVE Online, there’s a fleet (alliance of players) that names their space stations after spoilers from major TV shows, movies, games, etc. in order to deter enemy fleets from attacking them. (WARNING: Spoilers in the source)
xVk10 TIL while playing the Wicked Witch of the West, Margaret Hamilton suffered second-degree burns due to a pyrotechnics accident, so she refused to do any more "fireworks" scenes. Later her stunt double was on a flying broomstick, which exploded between her legs and left her permanently scarred.
4jyR TIL In Alaska, school children are learning to butcher moose. Students across all years are being equipped with life skills to survive in the wilderness.
0w8b5 TIL people used to be afraid of operator-less elevators just like people are now afraid of driverless cars