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TIL that the Hundred Acre Wood in the original Winnie-the-Pooh books isn't the name of the forest where Pooh and all his friends live. Rather, it is a specific place inside The Forest, centered on Owl's house

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0dg0M TIL that Admiral Nelson's Spanish opponent at the Battle of Trafalgar, Federico Gravina said "I am a dying man, but I die happy; I am going, I hope and trust, to join Nelson, the greatest hero that the world perhaps has produced." while dying from wounds sustained during the battle
VMXlp TIL about Jasmine Richards, who at 12 years old in 2006, stabbed her little brother to death while her 23 year old boyfriend at the time murdered the her parents. She's the youngest person in Canada to get charged with murder.
EgQEP TIL that a Phillies fan credits the Phillies' dollar dog nights for saving his life, as he ate too many hot dogs and went to the hospital for a stomachache, where they found out he had blood cancer
J11dB TIL Vikings served as the personal bodyguard of the Emperor of the Byzantine Empire. They were known as the Varangians - Men of Oath
x6kZD TIL Limp Bizkit was the last band to play atop the World Trade Center. September 2000.