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TIL Ancient Egyptians domesticated the hyena and used it as a food source.

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9RrM TIL of “Operation Unthinkable”. Winston Churchills plan to invade his Russian allies immediately after winning WW2. His plan was to enlist the help of the USA and the defeated German army.
xKw TIL there is a species of crabs that can grow larger than humans
Y7lr TIL that in 1870 Gilbert Bates marched 400 miles through England carrying the American flag to prove that the English did not hate Americans. He was honored as a hero.
DVLD TIL in WWII the Germans used “anti-officer crooked picture bombs”: They left paintings on the wall, skewed to the side and rigged to explode when straightened.
PYgXV TIL inmates in Brazilian APAC prisons can reduce their sentence by 3 days per book they read and write a report on... A part of a larger program that has reduced recitivism from 70% to as low as 7% in these prisons.