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TIL of the British Iraq Levies, a force mostly composed of Iraqi Turkmen, Kurds and Assyrians that fought alongside the Allies in WWII

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BrlDe TIL the Lewis & Clark expedition only suffered one casualty. Dysentery, snake bites, a dislocated shoulder, venereal disease and Lewis being shot in the buttocks after being mistaken for an elk all threatened the group's well-being, but the only man to die did so as a result of a burst appendix.
9YPRG TIL the Sirius star system is visible with the naked eye in the daytime sky given the right conditions
697NY TIL in 1997, at a youth basketball camp, Orlando Magic player Dennis Scott randomly told children not to ask for his autograph but "ask me about the rage that's inside of me". Scott was in the midst of new contract negotiations at that time; he was eventually traded to the Dallas Mavericks.
5Ym9k TIL 100% orange juice that you buy in the grocery store is highly processed and up to a year old before it’s purchased by the consumer
0EjM TIL: The Oakland Raiders gave JaMarcus Russell a blank DVD with the “gameplan” for homework. When asked what he thought, he lied and said “it looked good”