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TIL that the grippy texture on metal tools is called Knurling

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o0o TIL that 10 years after the final episode of The Amanda Show, AmandaPlease.com is still functional.
v1omj TIL that Vikings were keen skiers, they even worshipped a god in its name. Medieval sources have very limited material on the god Ullr, but he's almost always shown on skis carrying a bow. In one text, it is said that Ullr can be called ski-god, bow-god, hunting-god and shield-god.
EgPgd TIL that Rihanna's 'Umbrella' was originally written for Britney Spears, but she turned it down and Rihanna made it a hit
ayZL TIL of Wong Chin Foo, a 19th century Chinese-American civil rights activist. He launched NYC’s first Chinese newspaper and was active in politics. Wong once challenged Denis Kearney, an anti-Chinese demagogue, to a duel. He offered Kearney “his choice of chopsticks, Irish potatoes or Krupp guns.”
14lO TIL “Gibby” from the television show iCarly now produces rap music under the name “NoxiK”