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TIL Archaeological evidence has been uncovered in Iceland which indicates that Gaelic Monks from Ireland discovered and settled Iceland before the Norse

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x6yyb TIL that Operation Barbarossa was named after Frederick Barbarossa, the first emperor of the HRE who wished to establish German predominance in Europe.
6EZZm TIL there is a petroglyph scene near Arches National Park around 2000 years old depicting a woman giving birth
1Le8 TIL Wal-Mart gets sued nearly 20 times a day, close to 5,000 lawsuits each year.
YwVZ TIL In 1979, following the disappearance of Dallas Eggbert, the popular role-playing game “Dungeons & Dragons” became the subject of a modern witch hunt called the “Satanic Panic”
E1QJo TIL That in the Live Aid Queen performance, at 16:38 you can see a wave going to the back of the stadium from the people clapping. That wave is the speed of sound, caused by the people at the back hearing the music a split second before the people at the front.