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TIL that the Epic Sax Guy is Moldovan

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EAOW TIL Loki once talked the Gods into making a bad bet with a Giant which would have lost them the sun, the moon, and the goddess Freyja. Ordered to put it right, he took the form of a mare, seduced the Giant’s stallion, sabotaging the bet. Loki later gave birth to a gray foal with eight legs.
b9dR0 TIL The extra shoelace hole in your shoes is to be used for a "lace lock" to prevent blisters and foot movement
X0jYQ TIL There was a phenomenon called Souperism during the Irish Famine. Schools were set up in which starving children were fed, on the condition of receiving Protestant religious instruction. However those who “took the soup” were often reviled by their peers, and the stigma lasted past the famine.
nx9r TIL In Japan, they have something called the “Happy Monday System” which aims to place as many state holidays as possible on Mondays in order to give those with a five-day work week more three day weekends
EGMX TIL that there are still unexplored passageways in the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt.