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TIL the Azores, the Portugese archipelago in the middle of the Atlantic, were likely briefly settled by the Vikings between 700 and 850 AD

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9MMp TIL a way to check if you’re in a Lucid dream is to read some text whilst dreaming. The words will either appear illegible, or if you look away then re-read the text, the words will have changed. (Section B.4.a. of link)
8ea1b TIL about the Cowbird Mafia that destroy the eggs of smaller birds that refuse to raise cowbird eggs
8e9Q4 TIL Nazi officer Otto Skorzeny was put on war crime trial for allegedly using American military uniforms in battle, but was acquitted after successfully arguing that they ditched the uniforms before combat began. He would later be broken out of prison by men disguised in American military uniform.
v1RgD TIL: Of Nutty Narrows Bridge; a bridge built in the treetops during the 1960s specifically to help squirrels cross a freeway in Washington without getting hit by cars.
KYZjR TIL the fire horse is a Sexagenary (60 year) cycle in Japan which, according to a superstition, girls born in such a year will grow up to kill their husbands. Therefore, birthrates in Japan tend to see a sharp decline (e.g 25% decline in 1966 vs 1965). The next year of the fire horse is 2026