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TIL that the Norse gods have a pig of unlimited bacon

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loQ17 TIL about Formula Rossa, a roller coaster in Dhabi with a top speed of 149mph. This ride requires you to wear safety glasses to ride, and is currently the fastest roller coaster in the world.
W7DNB TIL "Bushido, the Soul of Japan" by Inazo Nitobé, generally considered the modern incarnation of the Samurai Bushido code, was largely written in Malvern, Pennsylvania and published in Philadelphia in 1899
VZY4 TIL only 3 films have swept the “Big Five” Academy Awards for Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay: It Happened One Night (1934), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), and The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
BK9W TIL Giraffes make sound but it is too low for humans to hear
jD4Q TIL that in 1987 a 16 year old girl went missing on a camping trip to search for Bigfoot in the Sierra Nevada. She was never seen again. The 43 year old man with her claimed she was taken by bigfoot, and avoided trial due to the lack of a body.