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TIL cats were a common wedding gift among Vikings due to their association with the goddess of luck, Freyja. Men favored women who loved cats, believing that it increased the likelihood of a happy marriage.

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1alv4 TIL that the French general that lost the battle of Trafalgar, was found dead a year later in a French hotel with six stab wounds in his left lung and one in his heart. His death was ruled a suicide. This verdict was heavily mocked by contemporary British press.
Kl8w TIL at one point, the highest paid athlete in New Zealand was Tiger Woods’ caddy. Steve Williams.
mxROM TIL South Korea grounds all planes and businesses are open later on the day in which students take the test used for admissions to universities
P1GE TIL in the 50s physicians performed accurate pregnancy tests by injecting urine from the supposedly pregnant women into a frog. If the frog produced eggs within 24 hrs the test was positive.
MewW TIL Muslims do not “struggle” to pray in space, and Islamic scholars have convened on the topic twice and published their scholarly opinions in “Muslim Obligations in the International Space Station”