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TIL in 2016, a thunderstorm in Norway instantly killed over 300 reindeer

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R5wma TIL Legend of the Chambered is a game series created by Markus "Notch" Persson, the creator of Minecraft. Notch reused many item textures from the 2008 version of Legend of the Chambered in Minecraft.
W75Ld TIL that Harvard University was founded before calculus was even invented. Harvard was established in 1636, while Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz developed calculus in the late 1600s.
WknQB TIL a study in 2017 found that while break-ups take a more immediate emotional toll on women, men often never fully recover — they simply move on.
awBZN TIL about Wholphins, a rare cross between a whale and a dolphin. First recorded in 1981 in captivity, but also found in the wild.
9wbyp TIL research has found that swearing can reduce the perception of pain (providing a measurable analgesic effect) by as much as 33%. Because swearing is processed in so many different parts of the brain at once, it’s more effective than almost anything else at distracting from pain and discomfort.