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TIL That in 1909, you could fake-murder your friends in a wax bullet duel. It was even an Olympic event.

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LQd0r TIL, Today in history - Arauco War: A series of coordinated Mapuche attacks took place against Spanish settlements and forts in colonial Chile, beginning a ten-year period of warfare.
d8ogK TIL of Henry de Bohun, a brave knight who thought he could kill Robert the Bruce on the open field because the King of Scots was armed only with an axe. Robert regretted the incident because he broke his favorite axe splitting Henry's head.
xVw9w TIL about Frances Cleveland. When her husband, Grover Cleveland became president in 1893, she was 21. This makes her the youngest First Lady in US history.
kDPe TIL the German word, backpfeifengesicht, that roughly translates into meaning “A face that needs to be slapped (or punched).
J1N98 TIL that, not only does every country have an Olympic team, but there is a team for refugees without a country, too