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TIL, in Norse mythology the “corpse witch” Hela is actually Loki’s daughter

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M71Ob TIL that the earth's mantle is predominantly solid due to extreme pressure, though it behaves as a "viscous fluid" on geologic time scales.
4QMo TIL in 1957. in order for Sony to market its TR-63 transistor radio as “pocketable”, salesmen wore shirts with specialized, enlarged pockets in order to accommodate the large device.
oB4GA TIL Richard Nixon could have used his birthright as a Quaker to avoid the draft, but chose to enlist anyway.
LX10 TIL that Hunter S. Thompson once called Bill Murray at 3:30 in the morning to inform him about a new idea that should revolutionize the American sports industry. He called it “Shotgun Golf”.
k0aW TIL that the mayor of Key West, FL declared war against the United States, surrendered after one minute, and applied for one billion dollars in foreign aid.