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TIL when Philip II of Macedon sent the Spartans a message saying "If I invade Laconia, I shall turn you out," the Spartans simply responded with "If."

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M7P4b TIL the Finnish equivalent of Santa Claus is named Joulupukki which translates to "Christmas Goat".
GAp4E TIL that the width between the two sides of the House of Commons in British parliament is the length of two swords. It is believed that this was to prevent disputes from degenerating into duels.
b5la TIL Neil Armstrong would tell unfunny jokes about the moon and follow them with “you woulda had to be there.”
Eg91W TIL that almost fifty percent of men think they could land an airplane with no training if the pilots were incapacitated.
D1MRJ Til - from 1741 - 1751 Maratha empire attacked Bengal Subah six times resulted close to 400,000 people in Bengal and Bihar killed where most attack was plundering villages which considered to be among the deadliest massacres in Indian history.