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TIL the scientific name for the swordfish is Xiphias gladius. Xiphias is Greek for "sword", while Gladius is Latin for "sword". It's scientific name is "Sword sword".

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D14BV TIL of Anton Ludwig August von Mackensen, a German Field Marshal who served in the Military during the Franco Prussian War, WW1 and WW2. He witnessed Germany when it was the Kingdom of Prussia, the German Empire, Weimar Republic Germany, Nazi Germany and the Federal Republic of Germany.
M7Mdm TIL that British soldiers in WW2 used scaffolding to hide the Taj Mahal from potential air raids in India. The scaffolding disguised the monument to look like a bamboo stockpile, protecting it and other cultural heritage sites during the war.
OoX84 TIL mahaska was a 1920s slang for gun and the origin is unclear.
wALY TIL a man planted a 1,360 Acre forest all single-handedly. Enough trees to create an outdoor habitat for five endangered tigers (among other endangered species)
WVxN TIl- there was a 18 year old girl who, asked 911 if she could shoot an intruder, then shot him dead while on the phone.