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TIL that biltong is a dried, cured meat product similar to jerky that is popular in South Africa which utilizes vinegar as an antimicrobial agent

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p8kDe TIL People of Iceland supposedly were reluctant to embrace Christianity for some time largely over the issue of giving up horse meat after Pope Gregory III banned horse meat consumption in 732 AD, as it was a major part of many pagan rites and sacrifice in Northern Europe.
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eMrJ TIL that James Earl Jones once used the handle “Darth Vader” while travelling across the country and spoke, in character, to truck drivers on the CB radio. Apparently, the drivers would really freak out so he stopped doing it.
goDW TIL people wear pants because of horses. Mounted armies wearing pants were more effective than those wearing robes