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TIL about Nábrók or necropants … a pair of pants made from human skin worn by icelandic witches. It's unsure if they were a real thing or just folklore.

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VMrX8 TIL that, on occupation of Khojaly 613 of peaceful population, as well as 63 children, 106 women, 70 old people were murdered wildly with tortures in a night. Their heads were cut off, the eyes were pricked out, the bellies of the pregnants were pricked by bayonet.
JRnQ TIL Norwegians pay half tax in November, so everyone has more money for Christmas.
gMPW TIL that ‘Holland’ is just a province in the Netherlands, and shouldn’t be used to refer to the entire country.
XDEj TIL that the Apollo 17 ‘Blue Marble’ photograph originally had the south pole at the top, and was inverted to conform to the traditional view of 'north’ being 'up’.
en0n TIL that Carl Sagan considered “Back to the Future Part II” the “greatest time travel movie ever made.”