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TIL Hodor is the name of the Norse god of Winter

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e0e4D TIL the worst landslide in US history, the 2014 Oso mudslide which killed 43 people, had been predicted by scientists for years but local officials were unable to convince residents to sell their homes and vacate the region.
9Y0Dm TIL Ho Chi Minh, leader of the communist party in Vietnam, was witnessed by American advisors on September 2, 1945, giving a speech repeating the 2nd paragraph of Jefferson's 1776 Declaration of Independence. That's why the current official motto of Vietnam is "Independence, Freedom, and Happiness."
PMve TIL there is a thing called Black Day (April 14) in South Korea where the people who didn’t receive anything on the equivalent of valentine’s day eat black noodles and mourn being single.
780rO TIL Hyenas are part of the Feliformia ('cat-shape') sub-order and are closer relatives to cats than they are to dogs.
EgdyP TIL that Ewan McGregor’s brother, Colin McGregor, is a pilot in the Royal Air Force and his aviation nickname is Obi-Two