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TIL Viking swords were 1,000 years ahead of their time.

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VbJZ TIL that Stephen King originally tossed his manuscript for “Carrie” while living in a trailer home with his wife, claiming it was a “loser”. His wife, Tabitha, upon finding it in the garbage and reading it, convinced him to finish it and send it in. It’s the novel that made him famous.
VB6lD TIL the average person consumes about 5 grams of microplastics every week, roughly the weight of a credit card
4k9Rw TIL that after he died wild west outlaw Elmer Mccurdy's body ended being used as a side show attraction including a carnival mummy before being finally laid to rest in 1978
4Xkro A painting that went for $60 in 1958 sold for a record $450 million at a Christie’s auction in November 2017, the highest price ever paid for a painting. That’s because the piece—known as Salvator Mundi, or “Savior of the World”—was identified as a work by Leonardo da Vinci in 2011. Painted around the same time as the Mona Lisa, it is one of fewer than 20 known paintings by the Renaissance master.
JWYV TIL that a sentry assigned to guard Napoleon’s house in Austria did not recognise him and threatened to stab him with his bayonet. The next day, he was awarded the Legion of Honor by Napoleon for doing his job so well.