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TIL that Viking helmets didn’t actually have horns.

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yVkjp Today i learned that a movie is to be released after 100 years, directed by Robert Rodriguez. Advertised in 2015 with the tagline "The Movie You Will Never See", it is due to be released on November 18, 2115
p8nJN TIL A church choir had a practice session starting at 7:25pm one evening in 1950, and by 7:27pm the building exploded. No one was killed as they were all running late.
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