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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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D19Jp TIL that the United States hosts more migrants than the next four countries combined.
E1dMw TIL In 1907, J.P. Morgan (70 yo). summoned dozens of the leading financiers to his private library and ordered them to contribute to a $25 million pool to stop the financial crisis the country was going through. he locked them in the library the whole night until they agreed on his plan.
9Y1nG TIL: Parts of the Uplistsikhe cave-town hewn into the rocks of central Georgia date back to 1,000 BC. Archaeologists think the underground complex was still being lived-in in the 1400s. (Georgia the country, not the state)
d04Q TIL, a year ago, Neptune completed it’s first orbit since it was discovered. That’s over 165 years!
1678d TIL Krogrer stores (QFC, King Soopers, Fred Meyer, etc.) will pay for shipping if you put packaging from their personal brands in a box and mail it back to them for reuse at no cost to you. You can use a box you already own. They also recycle tons of types of plastic in-store.