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TIL that Mozart's real name was "Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart"

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VKOZ TIL that the Norse Sagas which describe the historical pre-Columbus Viking discovery of North America also say that they met Native Americans who could speak a language that sounded similar to Irish, and who said that they’d already encountered white men before them.
N7a6E TIL that the iconic Easter Island heads actually have hidden bodies that have been found during excavations. The statues were partially buried due to landslides over the years and their bodies were only rediscovered relatively recently.
X0DD TIL that kangaroos do not fart and scientists hope to extract the bacteria responsible for eating the farts to reduce carbon dioxide from livestock.
pnMQ TIL that during the Winter War 1939, one exceptionally burly Finnish ski trooper immobilized a Soviet tank with nothing but a crowbar, prying the treads off by brute force.
e07y6 TIL that some 9th century Scottish nuns literally cut off their noses and upper lips in order to make themselves too grotesque for invading Viking pirates to plunder (rape) them.