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TIL that the Olympics asked for drummer Keith Moon, who died in 1978, to perform at this year’s closing ceremony.

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e0LBn TIL of Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, Icelandic explorer, who sailed to America around 1000ad. She was the first European to give birth there. She also sailed across North Atlantic eight times between Greenland, Iceland and Norway. Later in her life she made a pilgrimage to Rome and back.
jNxep TIL that in order to dissuade Germans from invading, Julius Caesar built a bridge into their territory, marched his armies across, returned, then destroyed the bridge. The Germans got the message and never invaded.
wLGlW TIL Polaroid cameras don't have batteries. They instead have an individual battery in each cartridge to power the camera enough to take the required shots.
5Y8WP (TIL) England does not have a written constitution, rather they have traditions, case laws, and social consensus, etc. Weird innit?
X0DKk TIL - Flight attendants are taught how to put passengers in a flatulence-friendly position to ease gas related pains