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TIL New Zealand soldiers carved a gigantic Kiwi into the side of a hill in England right after WWI. It’s still visible today.

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lob4N TIL the ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s have a ‘Flavour Graveyard’ where unpopular ice cream flavours go when they are retired.
nejpY TIL of Jan Baalsrud, a Norwegian commando in WWII. The lone survivor of an ambush, he survived an avalanche, severe frostbite and snow blindness, having to amputate his own toes, and being relentlessly pursued by Germans for nine weeks before being whisked to safety in Sweden by locals.
DYOg TIL that Ada Lovelace, considered the world’s first programmer, was the only legitimate child of the poet Lord Byron.
abPZ TIL When James Dean first met Alec Guinness (Ben Kenobi) he asked him to take a look at his brand new Porsche Spyder. Guinness told Dean: “If you get in that car, you will be found dead in it by this time next week.” This encounter took place on September 23, 1955, seven days before Dean’s death.
9YgPQ TIL up until 1991 there was a dedicated position in the British Armed Forces called 'The Keeper of the Apes'. Their job was solely to care for the monkeys of Gibraltar. The military even had a budget for ape-related expenses. Any sick or injured monkey was cared for in British hospitals.