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TIL the Iroquois Confederacy declared war on Germany in WWI and WWII

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6WmW TIL There is a video game, called “Lose/Lose” that deletes a random file on your computer every time you kill an enemy.
W71VA TIL that the oldest letter in a bottle is 132 years old and was thrown by German sailing barque Paula as part of a long-term German oceanographic experiment
7peM TIL Sleeping Beauty was raped by the prince in the original Grimm Fairy Tales
e0Jbg TIL Tom Brady was drafted by the Expos right out of high school. The Expo's General Manager claimed he had the potential to be "one of the greatest catchers ever."
mxypE TIL that there are many scientific names for water such as dihydrogen monoxide (subject of a famous hoax), oxidane, hydrohydroxic acid, hydric acid, hydrogen oxide, hydrol, and hydrogen hydroxide. Most of these names are not widely used, but are technically correct.