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TIL Spongebob was right, there is a Leif Erikson Day. And it’s today. Happy Leif Erikson Day, one and all.

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PY1Aw The National Toy Hall of Fame awarded “oldest toy” to the stick. Edward Bleiberg, a curator of Egyptian art at the Brooklyn Museum, says that Neolithic balls made from mud are probably out there, but in any case it would be difficult to determine if they were playthings.
XEyE TIL Stephen King’s lawyer bought and then crushed the van that severely injured King when it knocked him down. King later said he was disappointed he’d never had the opportunity to destroy it himself with a baseball bat and a pickaxe.
e0pLL TIL that Thomas Jefferson believed mastodons still lived somewhere in the West and instructed Lewis and Clark to look for one
mxRKR TIL that Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer for Joker, composed some of the main pieces having only read the script. Her music was played on set during filming and helped inspire Joaquin's dancing in the pivotal bathroom scene.
b9E9 TIL at serial killer Carl Panzram’s execution, when asked if he had any last words, he said, “Yes, hurry it up, you Hoosier bastard! I could kill ten men while you’re fooling around!”