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TIL Without the Vikings, English would not have words like berserk, ugly, muck, skull, knife, die, and cake.

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WEpN TIL If we extract all the gold out of the ocean, there would be enough for everyone to have 9 pounds of gold
ObMa TIL that the US Constitution still allows Congress and the President to issue and sign off on Letters of Marque, essentially allowing a private citizen to become a pirate in the name of the US
Bv5y TIL that during the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest, the audience had to remain seated while applauding otherwise they risked being shot by security forces
Pl1E TIL Saturn’s moon Enceladus has gysers that shoot large jets of water vapor into space and according to NASA “is emerging as the most habitable spot beyond Earth in the Solar System for life as we know it.”
e0ZjL TIL about Patsy Mink, a law school graduate who was prohibited from taking the bar exam because she was a married woman. In 1964, she became the first woman of color elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where she authored Title IX, which prohibits gender discrimination in education.