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TIL that future King Henry V was struck in the face by an arrow in his first battle leading soldiers. Rather than leave the field, he reportedly stated that “he would rather die than stain his soldierly reputation by flight.” He was sixteen at the time.

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pYx4O TIL about German sub U-215 which sunk in 1942 off the coast of New England and south of Nova Scotia, in Canadian territorial waters. Four of her five hatches are still sealed with the remains of 49 German sailors entombed within.
9YP47 TIL Chlorine triflouride is so flammable it can burn through a foot of concrete and set sand on fire beneath it before burning out!
PYW6J TIL in The Moscow Theater Hostage Crisis of '02, Olga Romanova, a 26-year-old civilian acting on her own, crossed the police line undetected, entered the theatre and began urging the hostages to stand up to their captors. The armed Chechens believed she was a Federal Security agent and executed her.
P1QoJ TIL about Labadee, a Royal Caribbean owned private beach resort in Haiti complete with a 30 foot wall and armed guards on each side isolating it from the rest of the country. Tourists arrive at a port connected to the resort and never go beyond the boundaries of the resort.
YpybW TIL all vertebrates (except fish) have the same basic skeleton design: a column of vertebrae that supports the body and head, a skull that houses and protects the brain and sense organs, ribs that protect the heart and lungs and 4 limbs. Every limb also shares the same basic pattern and has 5 digits