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TIL Vikings originated the original acapella rap battles called "flyting"

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9YnE7 TIL Aboriginal Australians have extremely intricate, multi-language 'songlines' - ancestor songs which guide/navigate them through extremely vast distances of Australian Terrain
BRed TIL Canada’s debt has increased 25.4% since ‘Conservative’ Stephen Harper was first elected as PM in 2006.
b9Ra9 TIL: The Rank of Admiral of the Navy is the highest possible rank in the United States Navy. The rank is equated to that of a six-star admiral and is one of the two highest possible military ranks in the United States Armed Forces. It has only been awarded once, to George Dewey in March 24, 1903.
MvAa TIL that until 1907 it was illegal in England to marry your dead wife’s sister.
daDQ TIL Wayne Brady threatened to “Slap the Shit” out of Bill Maher (Article and Audio)