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TIL that Canadian hero Isaac Brock defeated American forces by using scam tactics, such as having his forces wear cast-off uniforms to make the Americans believe that they were the feared British redcoats.

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6dMw TIL that in 1908 the Russian team turned up 12 days late to the Olympics because they had yet to start using the Gregorian calendar.
QZoE TIL Ancient Library of Alexandria, in Egypt, was in charge of collecting all the world’s knowledge. Any books found on ships that came into port were taken to the library where Official scribes then copied these writings. Originals were kept in the library, and the copies delivered to the owners.
Eg6mP TIL that the Chinese Old Summer Palace was so big that during the Second Opium War it took 4000 British and French soldiers 3 days to loot and destroy it without any resistance
eRpb TIL Teenager protested CIA drone strikes, killed by a drone four days later
OGxja TIL that the British Royal Family are the largest landowners in the world. Followed by the Catholic Church and the Inuit People of Nunavut