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TIL that horses actually sweat!

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ep4n4 TIL of Natalia Grace, a 9-year-old orphan whose adopted parents claimed she was actually a 22-year-old sociopath.
R5nY1 TIL about the Norwegian Crusade. In the year 1107, King Sigurd led 5000 Norwegian soldiers as they fought their way across Europe to Jerusalem. He was the first Christian King to visit the Holy Land. He visited many of the Holy Sites and then returned to Norway mostly on horseback.
mxM5R TIL the origin of the Stonehenge stones was only discovered after a lost core was returned after 62 years.
78rGM TIL in the Electric Light Orchestra song, Standin' in the Rain, the string instruments at 1:07 are playing a staccato rhythm that spells out E-L-O in Morse code.
GA9XN TIL Shi Yang, a Chinese prostitute married a pirate leader, after his death, married her husbands adopted son, lead a pirate army of 40k-80k men, had a pirate code protecting women captives from abuse from her fleets crew, ultimately surrendered and was allowed to live in peace.