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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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yVOwl TIL the largest cup of coffee ever was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia on 15 June 2019. The cup contained over 22,735 litres (6,000 US gal) of Arabic coffee.
R5nl TIL the amount of content on the World Wide Web that can’t be found by regular search engines is several orders of magnitude larger than the content that can be found.
b5k7 TIL for $22,000 Swiss company Algordanza will take your ashes and compress them into a synthetic diamond to be set in jewelry for a loved one. Most stones come out blue because humans contains trace amounts of boron. Occasionally diamond pops out white, yellow or black.
PjDZ TIL that none of Bob Ross’s on-air paintings were created spontaneously, and he always had the first copy hidden off screen for reference.
oRVVW TIL that no football club won the French League during the 1992/93 season. After 1st place Marseille lost its title due to a bribery scandal, it was allotted to 2nd place PSG, but the owners of the club, TV chain Canal+, feared the reactions of their subscribers in Marseille and refused it