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TIL of the Kensington Runestones discovered in Minnesota in 1898, dating back to 1366. It indicated an attack on a group of villagers leaving 10 dead while on a fishing trip. Its validity as an accurate viking runestones is disputed.

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7rLWp TIL that the online MMORPG "Star Wars: The Old Republic" held a massive memorial after the death of Carrie Fisher. Among the efforts, Sith players would hold off NPCs so that weaker players could get through, and one player even made a new character in Leia's likeness so people could pay respects.
0wwLL No, the little mouse inside it does not start scrambling around.
LdXQ TIL that while sudden heart attacks during sex are rare, most of them happen to men who are cheating on their wives
jNpbE TIL that there's a town in Peru that holds a Christmastime festival that ends with people of all ages ending in public fistfights. The purpose is to settle grudges that have built up over the year.
QN919 TIL ancient Greeks used the term gymnosophist ("naked wise man") to describe the Indian philosophers they encountered who renounced materialism (including clothing).