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TIL Icelanders can easily read old norse, dead language that was spoken in scandinavia 1000 years ago because written Icelandic has changed so little.

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4kJAR TIL about Shothole Canyon, a scenic area within Cape Range National Park in Western Australia, known for its rugged limestone formations and historical significance related to oil exploration. The canyon's name comes from the shot holes left by explosive charges during oil exploration in the 1950s
epPOg TIL Cute aggression refers to the overwhelming urge to squeeze, pinch, or bite something extremely cute, typically without any desire to cause harm.
KOwL4 TIL the Greeks invented "Worry Beads" (kompoloi) as a tool to destress. While many cultures and faiths created beads for religious purposes (Catholic Rosaries or Buddhist Mala for example) these beads aren't related to a religious practice. Greeks carry and play with them to relax or fidget.
9wkPG TIL that Jim Starlin was paid more in royalties by DC for their use of the KGBeast in BvS, a movie in which the character never wore a comic accurate costume or even called himself KGBeast, than he was by Marvel for Thanos, Nebula, and Gamora in five movies combined.
epBgg TIL that, while only being the 39th all-time most-streamed song on Spotify, Linkin Park's "Numb", combined with its remixes/live versions, is the most-streamed song of all time (1.996 bil streams) if you exclude both songs released in the past decade, & Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975, 2.154 bil).