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TIL in 1788 the Hapsburg Monarchy lost between 1,000 and 10,000 soldiers in a battle that the Ottomans didn't show up to due to drunken scouts and lack of communication due to many different languages being spoken within the army.

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rRnJx TIL citizens of the Dutch city Zwolle are colloquially known as Bluefingers due to the 1682 sale of the town church's bells to the town of Kampen. After finding the bells too damaged for use, Kampen paid Zwolle entirely in pennies; fingers in Zwolle turned blue after counting so much change.
jNJYn TIL that a Queens man, Raffi Stepanian, has mined the cracks in the sidewalks in Midtown's Diamond District, New York City, for bits of diamonds, rubies, platinum and gold to make a living. Over six days, he says he collected enough gold for two sales totaling $819.
4kV5b TIL about the Nyckelharpa, the national musical instrument of Sweden. It is a string instrument with keys which, when depressed, serve as frets to change the pitch of the string. Dating back to c. 1350, it was recently used by composer Natalie Holt for the background score of the series Loki.
ADYd4 TIL of Arnold Schuster, a private citizen who appeared on television to discuss how he assisted the police in catching a bank robber, who was then gunned down by an unrelated mobster who saw him on TV and hated "squealers" (informants).
ADPLg TIL Astronauts have a device called a Valsalva installed into their helmet to allow them to block their noses so they can equalize the pressure in their ears (the valsalca manoeuvre)