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TIL There was an ancient kingdom in Northern Africa literally called "Pwnt."

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OGgnX TIL in 2013 two Iranian F-4 Phantoms attempted to intercept a drone escorted by two F-22 Raptors. Due to having a bumblebee-sized radar cross-section, an F-22 was able to fly underneath an F-4 to see its weapons without it noticing then flew next to the F-4 and radioed "you really ought to go home."
1M1V TIL Oil-Dri was, a product invented for cleaning up oil spills on the garage floor it was not until a cat pissed in a bucket of Oil-Dri that they realized another use for it, cat litter. That is how Cat’s Pride became the first cat litter.
5Dlp TIL that crack pipes are sold as fake flowers in a glass tube at convenience stores.
XE05X TIL that Henry VIII of England agreed to marry Anne of Cleves after seeing a portrait that he commissioned of her. After meeting in person, Henry realized she wasn't as attractive as the painting suggested and annulled the marriage. The portrait is now displayed in the Louvre.
4aQR TIL The Great White Shark is food for Killer Whales, and that the smell of one of their own, dead in the water, will rapidly drive all of the GW Sharks in the area deep into the ocean and far away from land for the rest of the year.