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TIL the Vinland Map, once believed to be a pre-Columbian map proving Vikings knew of North America before Columbus, was confirmed as a 20th-century forgery through advanced ink analysis and dating techniques.

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rP0e TIL a NY woman was startled to hear a loud crash in her apartment kitchen followed by the sounds of someone breathing inside her wall. The man inside had climbed into an air vent before falling six stories and getting stuck. He said it was part of the initiation for being new to the building.
l8V1 TIL the Nigerian money scams we recieve via email date as far back as the 1830s when they were attempted via post.
741O TIL the term “j'accuse”, coming from the title of an 1898 open letter from writer Emile Zola to the president of France during the Dreyfus Affair, is a synonym for a brave public expression of opinion against the abuse of power.
ADBjd TIL "The Ganges is the final resting place for about forty thousand cremated bodies every year. So, people who swim in Ganges river are like swimming in a sort of sludge made partially out of dead people."
8nbG TIL that Grapple is simply just an apple soaked in Methyl Anthranilate (artifical grape flavoring).