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TIL that the founder of the first permanent European settlement in Greenland, Erik the Red, only decided to settle there because he had been banished for murder from all the other places he had lived.

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Ojp6 TIL that Billy Ocean’s song Caribbean Queen was also recorded as ‘African Queen’ and 'European Queen’ for release in other parts of the world. Video screen capture in comments.
Bwy TIL that loneliness is processed in the same part of the brain as physical pain
rVlw TIL that George Washington was a ginger.
xj85 TIL you can be too fat to go to jail
6E11W TIL that Robin Hood being of noble birth and loyal to Richard Lionheart are relatively recent additions to the mythos, and in his earliest stories he was very devoted to the Virgin Mary while also being very anti-clerical.