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TIL Kobe Bryant holds the record for the most missed shots in the NBA

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8a4GG TIL that the Southern elephant seal is the largest member of the Order Carnivora
GYaPN TIL of the traditional "Honors of War", where surrendering armies would leave the battlefield with banners waving honorably and their band playing the enemy's anthem. After winning the American Revolution, George Washington famously refused to allow the British to play an American or French song
8eQj4 TIL Aristotle's History of Animals contains several facts that were deemed fantasy until the 19th century. Such observations include octopuses having a sperm tentacle and dogfish growing inside their mother's body. The book also has obvious errors like assuming flies have four legs.
j6ejR TIL that Strom Thurmond only resigned from the US senate 6 months before his death at the age of 100
d8XMQ TIL The meaning of the Military term Hooah is an acronym for HUA = Heard, Understood, Acknowledged