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TIL there was once a Viking king who ruled as the King of England…for about 5 weeks.

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AGGB TIL during World War II American factory workers produced more than twice their German counterparts and had four times the output of Japanese workers prompting industrialist Donald Douglas to observe, “Here’s proof that free men can out-produce slaves.”
a8NXZ TIL that heartbreak can cause physical discomfort and nausea, likely due to our "social-attachment system" triggering the "pain system" to maintain close social bonds, leading to distress when those bonds are broken.
QJ7ya TIL that on Dec 20, 1987, Philippines, an estimated 4,386 people died, many of whom burnt alive in an event known as Asia's Titanic and the world's worst peacetime maritime disaster. The ship Doña Paz, w/ a capacity of 1,518 passengers sank after colliding with an oil tanker. Only 25 people survived
ne5LW TIL The house band in The Muppet Show was called Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem.
wLYjJ TIL of Jeremiah Hamilton, 19th Century New York's notorious African-American, Wall Street millionaire. Blacklisted by the city's insurance firms and Public Stock Exchange, he went on to amass a fortune of $250 million in today's money and was known as the biggest single rival to the Vanderbilts.