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TIL that a massive Viking expedition in the 1030s, led by Ingvar the Far-Travelled, sailed to Gårdarike (around Kyiv in modern Ukraine) and then on toward Särkland near the Caspian Sea. The journey is remembered today through 26 runestones raised for the men who never made it back.

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TIL that a massive Viking expedition in the 1030s, led by Ingvar the Far-Travelled, sailed to Gårdarike (around Kyiv in modern Ukraine) and then on toward Särkland near the Caspian Sea. The journey is remembered today through 26 runestones raised for the men who never made it back.

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TIL about the Chibalo, a large-scale system of forced labour that included men, women and children in Portuguese Angola and lasted until the 1950s. Up to 30% of the total male population was employed. It reached a worker mortality rate of up to 40%.

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TIL of the Jasper Fire (2000) in South Dakota. The largest fire in the state’s history (83,508 acres), was caused by a woman who dropped her match upon lighting a post-piss cigarette

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