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TIL During the Mexican-American War, Irish-Americans Fought for Mexico in the 'Saint Patrick's Battalion'

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x7kb TIL that in Jerusalem, under the Ottomans, Jews would celebrate Islamic religious holidays with Muslims, and Muslims would join Jews in celebrating Jewish religious holidays.
BgxYb TIL in 1283 King Edward I of England had the last Prince of Wales executed and started the custom of giving the title to his first born son instead.
v1ZXx TIL about "refeeding syndrome". Where many WW2 prisoners suffering from starvation died after over eating after release at the end of the war.
6wA8 TIL of the Mallows Bay ghost fleet, a massive group of US WWI ships intentionally sunk in the Potomac River, about an hour’s drive from Washington, DC. Along with other wrecks in the immediate area, some 200 ships dating back to the Revolutionary War can be found there, many visible from the shore.
bma9 TIL that, for unclear reasons, engineers and engineering students have a significantly above-average likelihood to engage in terrorist activity