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RGxl TIL that 7 months after Russia declared war on Germany in 1914, a small band of Georgian warriors from a remote part of Georgia clad in medieval armor rode into the capital of Tiflis and up to the governor’s palace, reporting for military duty, stating: “We hear there’s a war” “Where’s the war”
oYA8 TIL that a spanish athlete added 20 metres to the javelin throw world record in 1956 using a style that was later banned due to the danger it posed to the public.
8aRob TIL that King of the Hill, despite having consistently great ratings even in its later seasons, was cancelled in order to make a spot for the Family Guy spin-off The Cleveland Show
p8vk8 TIL The planet Scarif from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story got its name from a misspelling of director Gareth Edwards’s name on a coffee cup. “I must’ve said ‘It’s Gareth’ and they wrote Scarif.”
1avxP TIL about the "Bielefeld conspiracy", that says the German city Bielefeld doesn't exist. This story was created by students in 1994 as an internet post, to show the spreading and argumentation of conspiracy theories. Today it is a longtime running gang in whole Germany.