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TIL that Albert I of Belgium is called the "Knight King" because he personally led his army in combat for all of WWI; also his wife, Elizabeth of Bavaria, served as a nurse in front-line field hospitals.

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NwmQ TIL that when Canadian reporter Mellissa Fung was kidnapped by bandits in Afghanistan, Afghan intelligence identified the kidnapper, kidnapped his family, and then demanded Fung’s release with no ransom paid
dD6L9 TIL the National Registry of Exonerations lists 2,939 convicted defendants who were exonerated through DNA and non-DNA evidence from January, 1989 through January, 2022 with more than 25,600 years imprisoned.
7eRM TIL that potatoes produce fruits that look like small green tomatoes. Don’t eat them, because they contain the neurotoxin solanine.
oBb87 TIL the family-owned Roman Candy Company in New Orleans began selling its gourmet taffy in 1915 at 5 cents a stick and it stayed at that price until 1970. The mule-drawn original wagon can still be seen rolling through the streets of New Orleans and surrounding areas on an almost daily basis.
Y7gjW TIL baby giraffes fall 6 feet to the ground they are born. The fall doesn’t hurt them, but snaps the umbilical cord and tears the amniotic sack, with the shock of the fall stimulating the baby to take its first breath.