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TIL That before Norse settlers came to Iceland the Island was inhabited by Irish Christian Monks living in several scattered monasteries

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vPLNx TIl in 2006, David Hart, a British priest, converted to Hinduism whilst remaining a Priest in the Church Of England.
WkMyo Today I Learned that Daylight Savings Time was first proposed by a man who, as he studied bugs after his shift-work job, wanted more daylight after work.
Wk8v9 TIL Tommy Chong’s daughter Rae Dawn Chong discovered actor Chris Pratt working as a waiter at a Bubba Gump restaurant and cast him in a film.
XxvQ TIL that 70 scientists who worked in the Manhattan project signed a petition pleading for president Truman to delay using atomic weapons on Japan before considering an observed demonstration of its power, but it never made it to Truman before the bombings
weLP TIL George Lucas once said, “People who alter or destroy works of art and our cultural heritage for profit or as an exercise of power are barbarians.”