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TIL there's evidence that native Americans sailed to Europe with vikings hundreds of years ago

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5VYMD TIL Super Mario 64's OST uses the same motif for most of its songs.
Y7DVG TIL in 1975, Stevie Wonder, frustrated with the U.S. government, considered quitting music and emigrating to Ghana. He reconsidered and wrote and recorded Songs In The Key Of Life, an album widely considered a masterpiece.
YpLDr TIL That in 1969, Stanford wanted to send the word “Login” wirelessly to become the first word ever sent. They sent the L and the O, then the system crashed. When they started again, they sent the L - making the first three letters ever sent over the internet, “Lol”.
4W05 TIL one man is responsible for why women smoke, why we eat bacon & eggs at breakfast, why there’s fluoride in tap water, and why the US says it’s “spreading democracy” during war. He disliked the word “propaganda” so he coined the term “Public Relations”
PYRoJ TIL a Spanish civil servant didn't show up to work for 6 years, and was only discovered when someone tried to give him an award for long service