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TIL that the Battle of Paoli, a British victory against America is often falsely deemed a massacre where British troops took no prisoners. Actually they took many American prisoners, but the British use of bayonet made the battle very bloody.

6EkAQ TIL that in Norse myths in the final battle of Ragnarok, Loki will pilot a ship made of fingernails and toenails of dead men across the flooded surface of the Earth. The ship is carrying the fire giants which will burn the World Tree and bring about the end of all things.
PYRkL TIL that Fredrick the Great, tried to introduce the potato to Germany. It failed, so he created a potato farm that had guards to make the potato's seem valuable, but the guards were ordered to "guard" the fields but were purposely bad. This act made the potato a staple in German food.
MY48 TIL It is common practice for Saudi princes to grow up with hired bodyguards from Nigeria or other African nations who are of similar age and who remain with the prince well into adulthood. The lifetime spent together creates an intense bond of loyalty.
v17Wr TIL that National Masturbation Day honors Dr. Joycelyn Elders, who was forced out of her post as U.S. surgeon general in 1994 after suggesting that masturbation be discussed as part of sex education.
9YyL6 TIL That the inventor of the IQ test, Alfred Binet, did not created it with the intention of measuring intelligence. Instead, his intention was to classify the "mental age" of kids and indetify the ones that weren't developing themselves well in school and sort of "rescue" them