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TIL Crocodiles Do Not Die of Old Age

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WkXp4 TIL that importing horses was banned in Iceland in 982 by the Vikings. The ban has never been lifted.
Brwnr TIL that using a fridge to prove bread dough reduces the temperature of the dough, allowing it to prove slower and longer, which increases its digestibility.
8n1P TIL - Rick James (“Superfreak”) was in a band with Neil Young, Bruce Palmer (Buffalo Springfield) and Nick St. Nicholas (Steppenwolf) before having to serve a year in prison because he was actually AWOL from the navy
GYYbg TIL extending an open hand towards someone is considered an insulting gesture in Greece. It's called a mountza.
0dbrA TIL in 2005, three lions rescued a girl of 12 kidnapped by men who wanted to force her into marriage, chasing off her abductors and protecting her until she was rescued by Ethiopian police.