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TIL Bragging was a virtue in medieval Scandinavia and some made runestones for themselves. "Vigmund had this stone carved in memory of himself, the cleverest of men. May God help the soul of Vigmund, the ship captain. Vigmund and Åfrid carved this memorial while he lived."

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BBdd TIL that a $27-million lottery winner paid for his friends’ funerals after giving them so much money that they overdosed on drugs and died
DQAov TIL When colored vinyl 45's were introduced in 1949, the colors indicated what type of music was on the 45.
GYKdg TIL about Ivo Zdarsky, a man who escaped the Soviet Bloc in a homemade airplane
Wkm9d TIL of Rhea Clyman, a Jewish Canadian Journalist who travelled to the Soviet Union and made reports on the Siberian labor camps and the Holodomor. This led to her deportation in 1933 after which she reported on Nazi Germany until 1938 when she was forced to flee due to growing anti Semitism.
mxmLv TIL Elephants risk their lives to mine a cave in an extinct volcano in Kenya. The rock has 100 times more sodium than what they normally eat, as well as being rich in potassium and calcium. They dig with their tusks, grind it and swallow it. The bones of those who didn't make it line the trail.