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TIL in the Afghanistan War, a British Corporal ordered a bayonet charge against Taliban forces. It was successful.

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kJvRe TIL the difference between a violin and a fiddle isn't the number of snares, shape, size, or anything physical but rather what is being played on it. Classical, Chamber Music, and Jazz for instance are played with a violin. Genres like Folk, Country, Pop, and Rock are played with a fiddle.
JYKw8 TIL of the Sulimov dog, which was created from a hybrid between 2 Lapponian Herder dogs and 2 golden jackals for Russia's largest airline, Aeroflot. It was bred together with various other breeds for 7 generations to increase trainability and establish a breed.
R5746 TIL that it was common for mistakes to be made during the production of parchment for manuscripts. Tears that developed during this process were often fixed with colorful stitching, and these stitches were sometimes incorporated into illustrations.
R7rX6 TIL a Florida man faked his murder by shooting himself with a gun tied to a weather balloon. The gun and balloon were never found.
pY8Wb TIL Joshua Trees are not actually Trees, but Succulents. However, they are considered trees of the desert.