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TIL Freya, the Norse goddess of love, traveled by a chariot that was pulled by 2 cats. The cats are thought to be gifts from Thor.

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kJ8R7 TIL the East Palestine crash isn't the first time Norfolk Southern has had a major hazmat train derailment. In 2005, a Norfolk Southern train crashed into a textile mill, releasing 60 tons of chlorine gas, putting 4,000 people out of work, and costing $215 million to settle.
L8lV TIL the 1994 Rangers got drunk and left the Stanley Cup at a strip club
jN9dQ TIL of Grierson's Raid during the American Civil War. Union cavalry rode over 600 miles through Confederate territory destroying railroads, freeing slaves and inflicting ten times the casualties they received.
gQ59 TIL of Swordquest, an Atari 2600 game that contained hidden clues players could decipher for a chance of winning jewelry prizes valued at $25,000~ each
Y74JA TIL the deaths of C.S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley were largely overlooked because they both died on the same day as John F. Kennedy