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TIL of the Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of the Ottoman Empire, a legend based on the reply the Cossacks wrote in response to the ultimatum delivered to them by the Ottoman Sultan; the Cossack's reply is filled with particularly vulgar rhymes.

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jNymQ TIL That there are around 1000 people in Scandanavia/Denmark that follow the old Norse belief system, worshiping the gods Odin, Thor, Njörd, Freya, etc. and the giants as well as their ancestors. This religious revival is referred as "Asatro" and meet for ceremonies related to the changing seasons.
4MlR TIL one would need to drink about 591 liters of SodaStream cola before breaking even. To put that in perspective, that’s 1.62 liters, about 4.5 cans, every day for an entire year, without actually saving any money.
kOnre TIL that Osama bin Laden had the 'Charlie bit my finger' video on his computer when his compound was raided.
N0ob TIL Harvard prof. Dr. Edward Clarke asserted that women should not be allowed to attend college. If young women studied too much, they would divert blood away from the uterus to the brain, rendering themselves “irritable and infertile.”
xrlD TIL that the horse head used in The Godfather was a real horse head, not a prop. John Marley was not informed beforehand, so his scream was authentic, not scripted.