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TIL that Air Guitar is a competitive sport and that it has a world championship

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xV7M7 TIL Alaric, who became King of the Visigoths and sacked Rome in 410 CE, was conscripted as a Roman soldier earlier in his life. While fighting in the Alpine passes, he likely learned the weaknesses of Rome's natural defenses.
jNMov There's such a thing as too much sleep, but it's usually a sign of something else.
1N6W TIL a few weeks after the Korean War ended, a North Korean pilot defected with a MiG-15 to South Korea and was paid $100k as a reward for being the first pilot to defect with an operational aircraft
DWkp TIL Sputnik (The first Soviet test flight into space) Landed in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The town now holds a yearly sci-fi festival celebrating the event.
X0BDD TIL that in 16th to 18th century Scotland, horses got to help with the execution of horse thieves. The pin holding the guillotine blade in place above the condemned horse thief was tied to a horse with a cord, so the blade would fall when the horse took off running.