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TIL Germans were persecuted/lynched in America during and prior to WWI

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VMEo4 TIL A Swedish sailor shipwrecked on an island inhabited by cannibals. He was captured and taken to a local king, whose daughter fell in love with him. He married, had nine children with her, and became the king after his father-in-law.
Lk4wp TIL that Mike Judge moved to Texas and a storm blew off a part of his fence. After his new neighbors fixed it for him, no questions asked, it became the basis for King Of The Hill - "about neighbors who... ultimately, do the right thing and do right by people and are basically good people."
NXJ4P TIL that before the invention of glasses, people would shape and polish stones made of quartz and other materials until they formed a lens. They would then place the stone on whatever they wanted to read, magnifying it.