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TIL Iceland’s first permanent settler was a slave called Nightwalker who escaped his master. Little else is known about him.

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y1dX TIL neutral Ireland captured both Allied and German POWs during WWII. Guards carried guns equipped with blanks, prisoners could receive visitors, and sports between German and Allied prisoners took place regularly.
dDDrr Today I learned there is a confucian war against scientists in China, where the confucians won't allow their human cloning attempts, while groups of neo-taoist and neo-confucians state that there are aspects of tao and confucian that are accomplished via cloning
1oWW TIL Stephen Hawkings had a party for time travelers. No one showed up.
Y7LGP TIL: On Malta, singers debate local politics and social issues in improvised song duels that are as much about knowing the issue as being able to spout witty poetry.
9LxQ TIL there are three times as many atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.