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TIL Genghis Khan may have been killed by an arrow to the knee

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P1KLL TIL that the sound of the opening riff of "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits was created by accident, and they were never able to exactly recreate it again.
mwQP TIL: In the Norse myth Þrymskviða, Thor and Loki crossdress as wedding brides to retrieve the stolen Mjöllnir. The thieves got suspicious when the “ladies” ate everything in sight.
ne6xW TIL billions of years before humans built their first nuclear power plants, 17 natural nuclear reactors were producing energy in Gabon
jNW9v TIL pirates accepted gay marriage and often had relationships with other male pirates for protection and companionship. Pirates enmeshed in matelotage shared everything from affection and other sexual partners to possessions.
ADOOd TIL Dirk Willems was jailed for his devotion to being an Anabaptist. He escaped from prison, but when the guard pursuing him fell through the ice, but Willems turned around to save the guard. Because of this act of heroism, the guard recaptured Willems, and Willems was burned at the stake.