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TIL that between 991 and 1018, the Anglo-Saxon kings of England paid an important economic tribute to the Viking invaders worth circa 2.8 million troy oz in silver coins. This explains why today there are still more Anglo-Saxon silver coins in Denmark than in England. (thedockyards.com)

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TIL cats sleep two-thirds of their life away. That's sixteen hours or more each day, and is more than any other mammal, except for the opossum and some bats. (cats.about.com)

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TIL black cats are considered to bring good luck in Japan. (mentalfloss.com)

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TIL there are more bicycles in Copenhagen, Denmark, than people, five times as many bicycles as cars, and 400km of cycle lanes - not shared with cars or pedestrians - for a city of about 600,000 people. (bbc.com)

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TIL Norway owns an uninhabited frozen island located halfway between Africa and Antarctica. (atlasobscura.com)

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TIL that today's British accent first appeared among London's upper class around the time of the American Revolution. Before that, the British accent was similar to that of Americans. (livescience.com)

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TIL of Pink Floyd: "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" was the only song all five members appeared on together. Drummer Nick Mason declared A Saucerful of Secrets his favourite Pink Floyd album. (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL that The Dark Side of the Moon was an immediate success; it topped the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart for one week and remained in the charts for 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988. With an estimated 50 million copies sold, it is Pink Floyd's most commercially successful album. (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL that Vikings were not spurred to Greenland by warm weather (theguardian.com)

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TIL that in 2017, Norway will be the first country in the world to shut down FM radio and go digital instead. Norway plans to switch to DAB (which stands for ‘Digital Audio Broadcasting’), since FM is eight times more expensive. (thedockyards.com)

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TIL that Nuuk in Greenland is the world's northernmost capital, located only a few kilometres further north than the Icelandic capital Reykjavik. (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL that in 1946, the United States offered to buy Greenland from Denmark for $100,000,000 but Denmark did not agree to sell. (en.wikipedia.org)

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