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TIL in Hindu Mythology there is a sun god named 'Surya' who rides a chariot driven by 7 horses depicting 7 colours of the visible light. There's a quote in 'Rigveda' (an ancient Hindu text) that day and night are caused by the Sun because of rotation.

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VM87p TIL Viking women’s faces were more masculine than today’s women, while Viking men's faces looked more feminine than today's men, with a less prominent jaw and brow ridges. The ambiguous facial features mean that it is difficult to decide upon a Viking skeleton’s sex based on the skull alone
VB0kQ TIL due to their superior smelling and climbing capabilities, police departments in Southeastern China have started utilizing squirrels as alternate drug sniffer units over the usual canines.
J1AM8 TIL that, in 1993, a Bulls fan named Don Calhoun won a million dollars for making a 75-foot shot at the basket (from the free-throw line at the opposite end of the court)
7rmZb TIL: Muscles can only pull and cannot push.
N7bvE TIL that the Pyramid of Giza is the only remaining Wonder of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, that it is over 4500 years old, and that the second-to-last remaining Wonder was destroyed over 500 years ago.