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TIL Hodor from Game of Thrones is a DJ/Producer (X-post /r/Djs)

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6Eod7 TIL the first named European to discover America was Leif Erikson in the year 1000 near modern-day Newfoundland, but according to his own record when he first made landfall he rescued two unnamed shipwrecked men. This makes those two men the first known Europeans to ever make landfall in America
JJQQ TIL After 24 years, scientists had to stop drilling the deepest hole on Earth when at 12.2 km, temperatures exceeded 350F.
K1XR TIL that there is a kind of tumor that can develop tissues and functional organs, like eyes, torso, hands, teeth and feet.
1adB8 TIL about the Moscow Water Dog, a now extinct breed commissioned for the Russian navy for the purpose of water rescues, that was so aggressive it would bite drowning victims instead of saving them
DQQRv TIL the painting Las Meninas is one of the most analyzed works in western art. Critics have called it the “theology of painting” and “true philosophy of art”. It’s influenced many artists including Goya and Sargent. Picasso was so obsessed with the painting he executed 58 different interpretations.