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rNdX1 TIL there is no evidence that Viking had horned helmets. Their depiction with horned helmets is a fallacy that began in the 1870s.
KOdyQ TIL the original Bozo the Clown, who died in 1997, had vision loss in one eye but fooled doctors by memorizing the eye chart so he could serve in WWII
9wwgG TIL Moneytalks was AC/DC's highest charting song on the Hot 100, peaking at number 23.
JY4A4 TIL “Gotham” comes from an older English for “goat home” and was first used to characterize New York in 1807 because the inhabitants where considered by the author a foolish and self-important people.
lNXK TIL that a group of friends faked a case to get on Judge Judy and got 1500 dollars out of it.