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TIL that the Vikings, after having settled Greenland, started to export 'Unicorn Horns'

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P15yJ TIL Microsoft released the first version of Excel for the Mac in 1985, more than 2 years before releasing it on Windows
VBORQ TIL the current chief legal counsel to the Philippine President is 100 years old
gok4 TIL dust / dirt devils are called “djin” meaning “genie” or “devil” in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, and Jordan. This is where the mythical genie came from and why genies are typically depicted without legs.
oOG8 TIL that a man in Africa single handedly stopped the desertification of his region by reviving ancient farming and irrigation techniques despite being ridiculed by his community.
9n7p TIL I learned of Matthias Sindelar, the “Mozart of football”. Widely considered one of the best players of the 1930s, he defiantly scored and celebrated a goal against Nazi Germany in a game meant to celebrate the Anschluss. He died under mysterious circumstances in 1939.