Erling Haaland spent $134,000 on a book he'll never read.
Then gave it away.
Last December, he and his father quietly bought the 1594 edition of Snorri Sturluson's Kings' Sagas at auction — the most expensive book ever sold in Norwegian history.
Only one copy exists on earth.
They donated it to the public library in Bryne.
The town where Haaland grew up.
One condition: it stays open. Anyone can walk in and read it.
What actually is this book?
Written in 1230, it chronicles Norwegian kings from the age of gods through medieval history — warriors, farmers, kings from the exact coastal region Haaland calls home.
The 1594 edition was the first time it was ever printed in Norwegian.
Before that it lived in manuscripts, locked away from ordinary people for 350 years.
He bought the moment his people's history became something they could hold — and handed it to the next generation.
"I want the book always to lie open so people can read about those who came from where I come from."
He scored twice for Norway today in his first ever World Cup match.
The kings in that book would've approved.
Nuking the filibuster is NOT the only option for passing the SAVE America Act
There are other ways to break a filibuster that involve neither “nuking” it nor 60 votes
They all involve exhausting the obstructing senators—by making them speak
We haven’t done that
We should—now!
My 17-year-old daughter:
“I’m confused. We’ve always been taught not to share personal information or anything that identifies us online because it isn’t safe. Now they want us to do exactly that to access social media.”
.@StubHub
sold me 4 world cup tickets at $1,325 each, never delivered them, and now offers me 500-level seats (I bought Sec 233), while equivalent seats cost $2,000+. Your FanProtect guarantee promises "comparable or better." Two tiers down isn't comparable. Do the right thing.
“It’s natural instinct when you have a tiny human to plop them in there.”
Behind the rite of passage for #NHL dads who celebrate a Stanley Cup victory by putting their kiddos in hockey’s holy grail
These are their adorable Cup stories
(Unlocked for all)
https://t.co/UfyirSrVzq
Butterwort (𝘗𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘷𝘶𝘭𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴) - a very rare carnivorous North Shore plant, currently in bloom! Its sticky leaves trap tiny bugs and absorb their nutrients in the harsh, nutrient-poor environment of Lake Superior’s Rocky shoreline crevices.
Thank you to the @GopherHockey team for coming out and taking on our obstacle course! Your energy, teamwork, and competitive spirit made for an incredible experience.
Special shoutout to a few Navy Seals who joined them and kicked some butt!
Every NHL team in the 70s had at least one guy who looked like a 56-year-old two-term senator. Nothing like the rush of scoring a couple of goals after successfully filibustering some legislation.
Hey Jasmine…
Black pilot here.
I think you missed the plot.
Then again, that’s becoming a pattern.
I graduated from West Point.
I went through Army flight school.
I learned to fly the AH-64 Apache.
I deployed to combat and flew 55 combat missions over Baghdad.
Nobody handed me a cockpit because of my skin color.
Nobody lowered the standards for me.
Nobody looked at me and said, “Let’s check a diversity box.”
That’s what people like you don’t seem to understand.
Suggesting that Black pilots, Black engineers, Black doctors, or Black leaders need special preferences to succeed is not empowering, it’s insulting.
I didn’t want a different standard.
I wanted the same standard.
And when you’re flying into combat, the American people don’t care what race the pilot is.
They care whether the pilot is qualified.
Merit isn’t racist.
Excellence isn’t discriminatory.
And reducing every achievement to skin color says far more about your worldview than it does about mine.
NCAA Hockey Home Regionals>>>>>
Circa 1988 at the Old Mariucci vs Michigan State to advance to the Frozen Four
Old Time Gopher Hockey - 1988 https://t.co/5vAgl1xijr via @YouTube
Dylan Larkin has submitted a list of where he would like the Detroit Red Wings to trade him. It's only three teams long, and may need to expand. Details here:
https://t.co/uUfMOXMyOe