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TIL that one of the earliest forms of biological warfare was used by the Mongols, who would catapult plague-infected bodies over city walls to infect their enemies.

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D1ENY TIL that while the dwarf planet beyond Pluto is officially named Eris, and its moon is Dysnomia, they are unofficially called Xena and Gabrielle.
R5gr8 TIL about the dispute over Jewish assets in dormant Swiss bank accounts in the 1990s turned into Switzerland’s biggest foreign policy crisis since the Second World War. On August 12, 1998, a billion-dollar settlement was reached.
neR6W TIL Paganism was still practiced in parts of Ireland as late as the 1850s. The idol , Naomhóg was worshiped in the Inishkea Islands and was credited with power over weather, health and potatoes. It was allegedly thrown into the sea by a catholic priest called ‘Big Paddy’ O’Reilly in the 1890’s.
69NPQ TIL that Smokey The Bear had received so many gifts of honey and letters that he had to have his own Zip Code.
p8nnG TIL that during the filming of Schindler's List (1993), when Ralph Fiennes was dressed in his full SS uniform, a Polish woman called out and said “how much she loved his uniform, and wished ‘all of you were back here protecting all of us again.’”