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TIL: Cavemen had tattoos. Ötzi the Iceman from 3250 B.C. had 61 tattoos across his body.

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p8kZO TIL that the Vikings were considered neat-freaks who seduced good Anglo-Saxon women by barbaric unfair practices like bathing once a week and combing their hair every day.
loGJ1 TIL: The entire EU plus a dozen other countries including the US, Brazil, Turkey, and Kazakhstan are part of a huge treaty requiring countries to pursue child support payments levied in other member countries.
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