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TIL Vikings didn’t actually wear horned or winged helmets, it is a misconception stemming mostly from 19th century Romantic artists

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4XWOR TIL that in 1660, Scottish writer Thomas Urquhart died from laughter after hearing that Charles II had came back to the throne.
pYeye TIL between 1913-1915 there were at least 7 instances of people using the Postal Service to mail their young children to relatives. The longest such postage was a 6 year old being mailed over 720 miles from Florida to Virginia.
LQYlP TIL Enya has never performed a full concert.
xVbYB TIL that the FBI spent years investigating an anti-goth club that didn’t even exist. After a worried goth contacted the FBI, the Bureau launched an official investigation which lasted over 2 years before they realised the whole thing was a joke.
PmMg TIL that most experienced Disney animators chose to work on Pocahontas instead of the Lion King because many at Disney had little faith in the project, leaving mostly first time animators working on the Lion King.