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TIL A team from Norway and other Scandinavian countries made a viking ship from scratch using viking technology and sailed to North America to prove that the Vikings could do it, and they did!

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wNl1 TIL that Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders only make $150 per home game and must pay for their own hair, makeup, travel, and photo expenses. They must also practice for 6 hours a week and show up to games 5 hours before they start.
JYP0Q TIL that marshmallows originally came from a plant, the marsh-mallow. Egyptians first used the roots of the plant to create a treat that has morphed into the modern day marshmallow.
Xyyr TIL that Larry Swearingen is on death row in Texas despite substantial evidence that he was in jail on traffic charges at the time of the crime.
5vjp TIL that 60’s counterculture singer Phil Ochs would go on paranoid drunken rants about the FBI watching him. After hanging himself in his sister’s home it was revealed that the FBI had a 500 page file on him.
5VOQ8 TIL Japan slaughtered all the animals in Tokyo zoo during WW2 worried that they’ll escape in case of US/UK air attacks