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TIL that the term ‘Viking’ denotes an occupation not a people

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vkbL TIL : In 2014 a cat saved its five-year-old owner (Ethan) from bullies, the bullies were teasing Ethan and when one of them shoved him on the ground the cat jumped on the boy’s chest and scared him off.Ever since the incident the cat sleeps outside Ethan’s bedroom to keep a watch.
JYbX8 TIL: People in Michigan's upper peninsula speak a unique dialect of English, sometimes colloquially reffered to as "Yoopanese"
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