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TIL: The Vikings Beat Columbus To America By Nearly 500 Years (And Were Repeatedly Repelled By Native Peoples)

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Zv7R TIL North Korea holds elections every 5 years in which the ballots list only one candidate and the turnout is 100%.
WNld TIL that the constitution of Norway is the 3rd oldest constitution in the world still in continuous force. It’s 200 years old today, the 17th of may 2014.
kem7 TIL that Woody Harrelson used the excuse “I was startled and thought he was a zombie” after punching a photographer in the face at an airport
D6lp TIL Lake Vostok, the 16th largest lake in the world, was only confirmed to exist in 1993. It’s located in Antarctica beneath a 4km ice sheet. The average water temperature is around −3 °C; it remains liquid below freezing point because of high pressure from the weight of the ice above it
XE7xX TIL of the Beale ciphers, which supposedly state the location of buried treasures worth approximately $43 million. Only one of the ciphers has been cracked, revealing the contents of the treasure. The other two stating the location and the treasure's owners (and next of kin) are yet to be solved.