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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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8ewQZ TIL that Walmart tried and failed to establish itself in Germany in the early 2000s. One of the speculated reasons for its failure is that Germans found certain team-building activities and the forced greeting and smiling at customers unnerving.
YpDE7 TIL that John Wayne said that there was nothing wrong with the fact that colonists took land away from Native Americans, because the early settlers were "people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves".
W774B TIL that freight trains often illegally slow down Amtrak trains.
nWm6o TIL The famous "Red Wedding" Game of Thrones episode was actually based on real historical Scottish events called the Black Dinner, which happened in AD 1440 and the Massacre of Glencoe, which happened in AD 1691.
4XwnX TIL that Vincent Van Gogh's final words were "The sadness will last forever".