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TIL the Mall of America is owned by Canadians

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GAyBG TIL the Vinland Map, once believed to be a pre-Columbian map proving Vikings knew of North America before Columbus, was confirmed as a 20th-century forgery through advanced ink analysis and dating techniques.
QJvDE TIL The Smother Brother's Comedy Hour featured The Who in 1967. The performance ended with The Who destroying their instruments, aided by pyrotechnics. Keith Moon accidentally received 3x the normal explosives. The explosion sent cymbal shrapnel cut into Moon's arm and singed Townshend's hair.
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4kgVJ TIL that the largest cavalry charge of all time took place during the 1683 battle of Vienna. 18,000 Polish and German cavalry men led by the Polish king and his Hussars charged down into the vast Turkish lines and crushed the invading Ottoman army, ending the Islamic invasion of Europe.