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TIL that the United States Marine Corps is older than the United States.

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Brr1D TIL chickens used to be fitted with rose tinted glasses to reduce instances of chicken cannibalism and to help prevent attacks on injured birds.
D4Bp TIL of Cannibal Holocaust a film that depicted genuine on-screen animal killings and violence so convincing, the director was arrested and forced to prove the 4 actors werent actually killed on screen.
yQ0Zp TIL An American teen-ager survived for nearly four months without a heart, kept alive by a custom-built artificial blood-pumping device until she was able to have a heart transplant. She essentially lived for 118 days without a heart, with her circulation supported only by the two blood pumps.
x6aXD TIL that on 15th August 1939, two weeks before the outbreak of Ww2, the luftwaffe lost 13 Ju-87 Stuka in a minute. The incident is know as "Nuehammer Stuka Disaster".
vP0oL TIL: The highest number counted to out loud was 1 million. It took him 89 days with each day averaging just over 11,200 numbers per day