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Today I Learned that there is a myth in Iceland about the Yule Cat. He eats people that don't get new clothes for Christmas.

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N7bmb Today I learned about the great Joe Rollino. A Coney Island strongman who advocated for healthy living ahead of his time. Bent a quarter on his 103rd birthday - using his teeth. He died at age 104 when he was hit by a minivan during one of his daily walks in Brooklyn.
gMBOL TIL of the shortest war in history that occured between Zanzibar and the British empire lasting only between 38-45 minutes.
e0e6g TIL for a long while, in Christianity, Satan was not feared. He was more 'comic relief' and the butt of jokes. It was the increased belief in Witchcraft which eventually caused Satan to be feared.
XQZ6 TIL The Pirahã people of Brazil live without the concepts of numbers or time. They can’t count and use an “analog estimation strategy” which works well for trying to solve problems involving a few items but breaks down beyond that.
699LW TIL there is an unclaimed Pokemon Go gym on the North Korean side of the Korean DMZ, a border zone filled with snipers, land mines, and armed guards.