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TIL that the contract used in The Hobbit is a fully-functioning legal document.

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R8vl TIL that in order to play the didgeridoo, you must learn to breath circularly. This is done by simultaneously inhaling with the nose and pushing air out of the mouth. Kenny G used the technique in 1997 to win a world record for the longest note ever recorded, an E-flat for 45 minutes and 47 seconds
X0AYX TIL Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders were headed for certain annihilation in their attempt to take San Juan Hill, until the 10th Calvary Buffalo soldiers, on their own request, flanked the Spanish, thus insuring victory.
5DVD TIL the guy who throws his shoes in Austin Powers (Random Task) is a convicted rapist and murderer who also got punched in the balls a lot in an MMA fight.
dw9K TIL: Loki appeared in Marvel Comics roughly 13 years before Thor.
gkX7 TIL that, when Genghis Khan died in 1227, he ordered his burial site to be kept a secret. To this end, his heirs slaughtered anyone who set eyes on his funeral procession. They buried him in an unmarked grave and to this day no one has found him.