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TIL:October 5, 1582 doesn’t exist.

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168jr TIL The most recent invasion of mainland Britain failed in part due the majority of the invading French force consisting of irregulars, including republicans, deserters, convicts and Royalist prisoners. Order broke down once they discovered the town's supply of wine.
4Oe6 TIL in 1922, a fur trapper named Ben Cochrane was attacked by a pack of wolves in Manitoba. He shot and killed 7 wolves before running out of ammunition. He then beat 4 more to death, before his rifle finally broke in half. (Upper Right)
kJVM4 TIL 22 of the 50 oldest living people were born in Japan.
BbD TIL the CERN ATLAS experiment generates 23 petabyte (in excess of 23 million Gigabytes) of raw data per second.
16oDr TIL: In 2021, the man with the largest family in India died. He had 39 wives, 94 kids, and 33 grandchildren. He was the head of a religious sect and lived in a pink complex with 100 rooms. He once married 10 wives in a year and would have 7-8 by his side at all times.