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TIL that Vikings spent a lot of time skiing as a mean of transportation and later, recreation. It was such an important part of their culture that they had a God dedicated to skiing.

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4ko0o TIL about the Overcoat, an animated film that has been worked on since 1981. Director Yuri Norstein refuses any extra help, or a computer for his animation.
oRvkK TIL that the law firm Morgan & Morgan fired half of its marketing department in 2021 because they criticized the firm's "Size Matters" campaign as an inappropriate joke.
R7vo9 TIL that NASA has confirmed that the earth is greener than it was 20 years ago due to China's and India's dominates heavy investments in re-plantation.
neYVP TIL about Lepersonnite, an extremely rare rare earth mineral only found in Shinkolobwe deposit in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the only mineral in which the chemical element Gadolinium, otherwise too reactive to exist, is found in nature. 400 tonnes of Gadolinium are produced yearly.
v1raR TIL of the "Yankee Samurai," Japanese-American translators who served during WW2 with the US Army's Military Intelligence Service. They deployed to numerous battles, and one general even credited them with "[shortening] the Pacific War by two years and [saving]...a million American lives.”