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TIL the first street fight ever filmed was between 2 men as they was leaving work in Halifax,England - 1901

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6EYMm TIL: Howard Buffet, son of Billionaire Warren Buffet's, has donated untold millions in wildlife conservation, with his largest donation being $24m in 2014 to Kruger National Park in South Africa to purchase military grade helicopters and reconnaissance drones to track illegal poaching
dZK7 TIL that one of the main requirements during the design of the Honda Super Cub, the highest selling motor vehicle of all time, was that it must be able to be driven with one hand while carrying a tray of soba noodles in the other.
aweD9 TIL that the Julia Butterfly of Costa Rica drinks crocodile tears for the salt and protein content.
R9l1 TIL Aladdin was added to The Arabian Nights by a French translator in the sixteenth century. It originally took place in China and he rubbed a ring, not a lamp.
YYZW TIL A German pilot accidentally landed in Wales instead of France during WW2, was taken prisoner, then almost got shot by his guard in transport when the car hit a pothole