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TIL that a court case in Iceland involving an MMA gym and an injured patron was ruled in the gym's favor on the basis of a clause in a 13th century legal manuscript.

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0XXN TIL Tommie Smith and John Carlos the athletes responsible for the 1968 Olympics Black Power salute were pallbearers at Peter Normans funeral. Norman was the white athlete on the podium with them at the time.
nVRo TIL On their very first day of school children in Germany, The Czech Republic and Austria are given a cardboard cone (“Schultüte”) filled with toys and sweets.
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