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TIL That Luxembourg is aggressively pursuing space mining

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PYwMJ TIL in 1721, the now-Lutheran Danish sent missionaries to Greenland, as it was assumed the medieval Norse settlers must still be Catholic or had reverted to paganism. The Norse had died out in the early 1400s, but the Danes found Inuit there instead
bo7Z TIL Nightingale floors, or uguisubari (japanese - 鴬張り), were floors designed to make a chirping sound when walked upon. According to myth these floors were developed as a means of defense against ninjas.
woJD6 TIL that in the 1960s Coca-Cola opened an office in Los Angeles to provide vintage Coke bottles and signs for movies.
QNWop TIL the scrap metal value of an Oscar statue from the Academy Awards is worth around $650, but research concluded male actors after winning an Oscar typically saw a hike in salary of about $3.9 million. Winning an Oscar for Best Actress was worth up to $500,000 at best.
b9lYN TIL Comic Sans is based on the lettering in Watchmen