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TIL Bob Denver (aka Gilligan from Gilligan’s Island) is the great grandson of James W. Denver, the man for whom the city of Denver CO is named.

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1apmD TIL that not all Norse soldiers who die in battle go to Odin’s hall, Valhalla. Half go to Freyja’s field, Fólkvangr, which has a different hall: Sessrúmnir. Freyja rides a chariot pulled by two cats and occasionally rides her boar, Hildisvíni (who is actually her protégé Óttar, disguised).
W5Q4 TIL courts are increasingly turning to website Urban Dictionary to clarify modern slang language. It has notably been used in a supreme court sexual harrassment case in Tennessee in 2013.
00Ny TIL that Gangsta’s Paradise is one of the few Coolio songs that doesnt contain profanity. The original version contained swearing but it was removed after Stevie Wonder objected.
e0414 TIL that the last roll of Kodak Kodachrome film was given to National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry who used it to capture 36 original images including one of a nomadic tribe in India whose nomadic ways were coming to an end.
6kQY TIL Mozart pirated a piece of music by writing it down from memory.