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TIL that Gaelic monks from Ireland may have settled in Iceland as long as a century before the Vikings settled there in 874.

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a8rPN TIL: The Kamikiri is a yokai that secretly cuts your hair. Various stories detail that it would prey on travelers at night, female servants, and humans who tries to marry an animal or ghost. There are many theories about its true identity such as it being a spirit, a wig store scheme, to fetishists.
jNJbn TIL 20th Century Fox, convinced that Star Wars was going to flop, agreed to George Lucas’s proposition to forgo an additional $500K directing fee in return to keep licensing and merchandising rights for himself. This decision cost Fox billions and made George Lucas a Billionaire.
Wx5X TIL that for one day in 1940 a section of a hospital in Ottawa, Canada became international territory so a Dutch Princess could be born a full Dutch citizen (a requirement to be a Dutch Princess). Every year the Netherlands sends Canada a gift of tulips to show their gratitude.
V4r0 TIL Osama bin Laden’s estranged son is a British resident, although his visa was initially declined because he “failed to state his father’s permanent address.”
9M9X TIL that Thomas Jefferson was educated and tolerant about Islam, and forsaw Muslims running for president.